topic Creating an Icon to Launch a dll in .NET Forum

Creating an Icon to Launch a dll

mgorecki — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:52:55 GMT

I have a .net program that I would like to run using an icon. I've done this before and it worked, but now it's giving me an error.

I created the icon and command, I added the following to the command line:

^C^Cnetload "C://Program Files//my stuff//myProgram.dll” adp

(adp will lanch the program)

I get the following:

netload Assembly file name: "C://Program
Files//mystuff//myProgram.dll” adp

Cannot load assembly. Error details: System.ArgumentException: Illegal
characters in path.
   at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path)
   at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)
   at ?A0xe1e1f031.NormalizeLoadFilename(String fname)
   at Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.ExtensionLoader.Load(String fileName)
   at loadmgd()

Originally I tried using single slashes (/), but it still gives the same error. It seems to have trouble with the spaces in the file path. How do I work around that?

Re: Creating an Icon to Launch a dll

norman.yuan — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:31:38 GMT

The file path in your macro is wrong: you use either double back-slash "\\" or single forward-slash "/". Yet, you used double forward-slash "//", hence the "illegal character in path"!

Re: Creating an Icon to Launch a dll

mgorecki — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:00:39 GMT

When I use:

^C^Cnetload "C:\\Program Files\\my Stuff\\myProgram.dll” adp

I get:

Command: netload Assembly file name: "C:
Cannot load assembly. Error details: System.ArgumentException: Illegal
characters in path.
   at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path)
   at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)
   at ?A0xe1e1f031.NormalizeLoadFilename(String fname)
   at Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.ExtensionLoader.Load(String fileName)
   at loadmgd()

When I use:

^C^Cnetload "C:/Program Files/my Stuff/myProgram.dll” adp

I get:

Command: netload Assembly file name: "C:/Program Files/my
Stuff/myProgram.dll” adp
Cannot load assembly. Error details: System.ArgumentException: Illegal
characters in path.
   at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path)
   at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)
   at ?A0xe1e1f031.NormalizeLoadFilename(String fname)
   at Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.ExtensionLoader.Load(String fileName)
   at loadmgd()

It's so weird, it used to work with the single slashes.

Re: Creating an Icon to Launch a dll

mgorecki — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:11:02 GMT

Ok, I just retyped the command very carefully:

^C^Cnetload "C:/Program Files/my Stuff/myProgram.dll" adp

For some reason, this one works. Maybe a hidden character from a cut and paste?

Re: Creating an Icon to Launch a dll

Hallex — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:03:07 GMT

I'm using for years lisp expression for button macro,

i.e. for full path of my test .dll:

^C^C(command "_.NETLOAD" "C:/Users/Oleg/Programming/ACAD/ACAD_START/AutoCAD CSharp plug-in1/AutoCAD CSharp plug-in1/bin/Release/AutoCAD CSharp plug-in1.dll" )(princ)

It should working for me with no problem,

as you can see your friend is a single slash as delimiter

Re: Creating an Icon to Launch a dll

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 20:15:57 GMT

The " character at the end of the string looks different than the one at the beginning I bet that is your illicit character causing the problem.