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How to make .bundle install run a command each time drawing is opened

CADdaddy.com — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:12:14 GMT

Hi all,

I've got a project that has one lisp function I want to run at the beginning of the session, "acad.lsp style"...and a different function that I want to run each time a document is opened, "acaddoc.lsp style". Both functions run fine when starting the session but the "per Document" code never runs when opening a new document. Can someone help?

Here is my test code:

(defun c:PerSessionCommand ()
	(princ "\nAddin Per Session running...")
	(princ)
)

(defun c:PerDocumentCommand ()
	(princ "\nAddin Per Document running...")
	(princ)
)

Here are my components from PackageContents.xml

  <Components>
	<RuntimeRequirements  OS="Win64" Platform="AutoCAD*" SeriesMin="R20.0"  SeriesMax="R22.0" />

        <ComponentEntry
		AppName="StartupPerDocument"
		ModuleName="./Contents/testStartup.lsp"
		PerDocument="True"
		LoadOnAutoCADStartup="True">
		<Commands GroupName="StartupPerDocument">
			<Command Local="PerDocumentCommand" Global="PerDocumentCommand" StartupCommand="True" />
      		</Commands>
	</ComponentEntry>

        <ComponentEntry
		AppName="StartupPerSession"
		ModuleName="./Contents/testStartup.lsp"
		PerDocument="False"
		LoadOnAutoCADStartup="True">
		<Commands GroupName="StartupPerSession">
			<Command Local="PerSessionCommand" Global="PerSessionCommand" StartupCommand="True" />
      		</Commands>
	</ComponentEntry>
  </Components>

This is starting the session when both run fine.

Nothing from addin runs when opening a new document.

I must be missing something. Right?

James LeVieux

Re: How to make .bundle install run a command each time drawing is opened

_gile — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 22:06:04 GMT

Hi,

Did you try to run the PerSessionCommand and PerDocumentCommand in the second drawing?

As far as I know: StartupCommand="True" make the command run at startup (when starting the session), but the testStartup.lsp should be load in each document because it's the default behavior for LISP applications (LoadReasons mainly apply to .NET or ObjectARX applications).

Overall you have two CompenentEntry related to the same Module (LISP file).

See >>here<<.

Re: How to make .bundle install run a command each time drawing is opened

CADdaddy.com — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 22:35:05 GMT

Yes, they are both available.

Also, regarding the way the order of execution, notice how the perDocument component entry is BEFORE the perSession component entry? I had to do it this way to force the perSession to run FIRST. Just plain backwards. I'll give a kudos to anyone who can explain the rational for that!

James

Re: How to make .bundle install run a command each time drawing is opened

CADdaddy.com — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 19:30:24 GMT

I never found a solutions but I did find a workaround:

The workaround (that works for me since I'm using cuix menus) is to execute the function in the .mnl lisp file that runs each time a menu is loaded. This ensures that the function is always run when a new drawing is opened and after the drawing is fully initialized.

But this workaround brings another problem:

I have two separate bundle packages in the "ApplicationPlugins" folder. Each has a separate menu with a separate .mnl file that runs a function upon opening the drawing. Each bundle works correctly when the other bundle is not present. When both bundles are available, only one of the programs run when a new drawing is opened.

This is what the MNL for menu A looks like:

(defun-q S::STARTUP ( ) 
  (princ (load "MyProgramA.vlx"  "\n...Can't load MyProgramA.vlx"))
  (c:myfunctionA)
  (princ)
)

This is what the MNL for menu B looks like:

(defun-q S::STARTUP ( ) 
  (princ (load "MyProgramB.vlx"  "\n...Can't load MyProgramB.vlx"))
  (c:myfunctionB)
  (princ)
)

It appears that the S::STARTUP is never run on program B because I can see that the menu B is loaded but I find that the functions in "MyProgramB" are not available when a new drawing is opened. Is in not possible to have two S::STARTUP functions?

Any help would be much appreciated.

James

Re: How to make .bundle install run a command each time drawing is opened

_gile — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 20:00:14 GMT

No, you cannot have two S::STARTUP function, this is why, typically, the S:STARTUP function is a (defun-q ...) function so that it ca can be defined from several places:

In the MNL for menu A:

(if S::STARTUP
  (setq	S::STARTUP
	 (append S::STARTUP
		 '((princ (load "MyProgramA.vlx" "\n...Can't load MyProgramA.vlx"))
		   (c:myfunctionA)
		   (princ)
		  )
	 )
  )
  (defun-q S::STARTUP
	   ()
	   (princ (load "MyProgramA.vlx" "\n...Can't load MyProgramA.vlx"))
	   (c:myfunctionA)
	   (princ)
  )
)

In the MNL for menu B:

(if S::STARTUP
  (setq	S::STARTUP
	 (append S::STARTUP
		 '((princ (load "MyProgramB.vlx" "\n...Can't load MyProgramBB.vlx"))
		   (c:myfunctionB)
		   (princ)
		  )
	 )
  )
  (defun-q S::STARTUP
	   ()
	   (princ (load "MyProgramB.vlx" "\n...Can't load MyProgramB.vlx"))
	   (c:myfunctionB)
	   (princ)
  )
)