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Lisp not loading from current folder

jands — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 20:35:50 GMT

Autocad 2020, LISP routines from current drawing folder are not loading.

Appautoload =14

Secureload=0

Please, help!

Thank you!

Re: Lisp not loading from current folder

Kent1Cooper — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 20:58:45 GMT

What are you doing to load them? In an INSERT command, AutoCAD will automatically look in the current drawing folder for a drawing if it doesn't find a Block by the given name already in the current drawing, but it won't look there for loading AutoLisp files unless you direct it there.

If you use the APPLOAD command and navigate to the current drawing folder to find them, do they load? If so, it's not a problem with the files, but with the method of loading them.

If you are loading them via something like acaddoc.lsp, then either:

1) the current drawing folder needs to be spelled out in the (load) functions, or

2) the current drawing folder needs to be included in the list of Support File Search Paths [in the Files tab in the OPTIONS Dialog Box].

But do you want to put every drawing folder into the Support File Search Path list, and/or spell out every drawing folder in (load) functions in acaddoc.lsp? I would keep such things in one support folder of some kind, which is in that list, not in individual drawing folders. Is there some reason for having them in drawing folders?

Re: Lisp not loading from current folder

rkmcswain — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 21:03:41 GMT

Place your lisp files in a folder such as C:\CADSTUFF
Create a file named "Acaddoc.lsp", place in same folder.
Edit this file in Notepad, add a line like this for each lisp file you want to load.

(load "mylisp")

Add C:\CADSTUFF to your support file search path, and optionally to your Secure Paths
Restart AutoCAD.
Each time a new or existing drawing is loaded, your lisp files will load (presuming no lisp errors in them)

Re: Lisp not loading from current folder

jands — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 22:46:36 GMT

Thank you, rkmcswain, for quick response.

I have hundreds of project folders, for each client. Each client has different settings, so, in Acad.lsp I have lisp loutine (load "Project.lsp"), ad Project.lsp is for each project/client, with different routines for each project or client.

Up to Autocad 2020 it worked perfectly.

I know, that before 2020 search patch for lisp, xref's, etc was : \(getvar "dwgprefix")\Support files search in Options/

It looks like current drawing folder is not in search patch.

I can't find solution for it.

Any suggestions?

Thank you