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Batch Save Utility is seeing all my files as read-only

jforrester8HWUS — Fri, 10 May 2024 22:51:24 GMT

I wrote a script to grab a block from a set location and import it. I'm trying to use the batch save utility to run it on 106 files.

Here's the script:

(load "C:/Users/jforrester/Desktop/JRF LSP/StealV1-8.lsp")
setvar "BLOCKREDEFINEMODE" 2
Steal "C:\\Users\\jforrester\\Desktop\\Scratch\\blocksforimport.dwg" '(("Blocks"("*")))
setvar "BLOCKREDEFINEMODE" 1
qsave

The "steal" command is from Lee Mac's steal tool.

When I run the batch save utility, this happens in each command window:

************************MessageBox****************************
AutoCAD Alert
C:\CAD_DES\C3D\2024-CIV\Sheets\titleblock\SEH 11x17EX.dwg is currently in use or is read-only.
Would you like to open the file read-only?
>>>Responding: Yes.
**************************************************************

The file is not in use or read-only as far as I can tell, so I'm not clear why that is happening.

Once it finishes running the script on all the files, the batch save utility says "106 drawings failed(noresponse/timeout/unsaved)"

And sure enough, none of the files have the blocks imported.

Edit: The stuff in grey I figured out (it was a desktop connector issue). My script still doesn't work though. Anyone with scripting knowledge able to help?

Re: Batch Save Utility is seeing all my files as read-only

jforrester8HWUS — Fri, 10 May 2024 18:58:29 GMT

I now realize that my files are all actually read-only, as in I can't open them to edit them normally.

This wasn't the case before I ran my script. Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Batch Save Utility is seeing all my files as read-only

ec-cad — Fri, 10 May 2024 19:13:59 GMT

IF your process creates a 'new' folder and places a copy there, it (may) be marked as 'Read Only'

by default.

Try going to Windows Explorer, go to the 'parent' folder that contains the drawings.

Right click on that folder, and pick 'properties'.

Set the box that says 'Read Only' to off or blank.

Then, assign that to the 'folders' / drawings under the parent folder.

ECCAD

Re: Batch Save Utility is seeing all my files as read-only

ec-cad — Fri, 10 May 2024 19:33:22 GMT

When you say:

"When I run the batch save utility, this happens in each command window:

What is the 'batch save utility' ? if save, you may want to change that to qsave ?

ECCAD

Re: Batch Save Utility is seeing all my files as read-only

ec-cad — Fri, 10 May 2024 22:46:14 GMT

Been doing research on it. Batch Save Utility comes with recent Cival 3-D.

So we probably cannot 'see' what it is doing inside the code.

Although you say it gives you an error message about each drawing.

That would imply that those drawings (just before) you run the Batch Save Utility,

were indeed marked as 'Read-Only' - why I don't have a clue, unless they are 'inside'

a Zip folder - which would be logical.

If you open a drawing that is 'Read-Only', and do (getvar "writestat"), if it returns

a 0, it's read-only, if it returns a 1, it's Not read-only.

To test, at Windows Explorer, right click on a drawing.dwg / set it to Read-Only,.

Then, Double-Click it to open in Acad. It (should) give you the 'Read-Only' message.

Then, back to Windows Explorer, set it back to 'Not' read-only.

Again, Double-Click it to open in Acad. It (shouldn't) give you that message.

IF above testing works, then the drawings in question (were) marked as 'Read-Only' at

Windows level for some reason. Just make the parent Folder / all sub-folders 'Not' Read-Only,

as I mentioned before.

ECCAD

Re: Batch Save Utility is seeing all my files as read-only

jforrester8HWUS — Fri, 10 May 2024 22:48:49 GMT

I think the file lock issue was associated with connector. Once I cut it off, the files no longer turned read-only when I ran my script.

Unfortunately, it still didn't work. I'm brand new to scripting, so it's probably a simple error. Can anyone look through the code and let me know? I'm stumped.

Re: Batch Save Utility is seeing all my files as read-only

ec-cad — Fri, 10 May 2024 22:52:25 GMT

I don't have the Lisp you are calling, so I don't know.

What you could do, is to remove the line that calls Steal.....

and see if that lets it run.

ECCAD

Re: Batch Save Utility is seeing all my files as read-only

ec-cad — Fri, 10 May 2024 23:06:12 GMT

Maybe this is the issue:

Steal "C:\\Users\\jforrester\\Desktop\\Scratch\\blocksforimport.dwg" '(("Blocks"("*")))

The line if in a script file, may have to be:

(Steal "C:\\Users\\jforrester\\Desktop\\Scratch\\blocksforimport.dwg" '(("Blocks"("*"))))

to call up the loaded function (defun Steal ( ), in the LM code.

If the steal code shows (defun C:STEAL ( dwg / ...)

then the call in script would be:

(command "STEAL" "C:\\Users\\jforrester\\Desktop\\Scratch\\blocksforimport.dwg" '(("Blocks"("*"))))

Give that a whirl.

ECCAD

Re: Batch Save Utility is seeing all my files as read-only

ec-cad — Fri, 10 May 2024 23:34:46 GMT

And yet another method entirely.

Make a backup of the blocksforimport file.

Open the blocksforimport file, erase all, purge all, save.

Then in your script, do:

(command "-insert" "C:\\Users\\jforrester\\Desktop\\Scratch\\blocksforimport.dwg" "0,0" "1" "1" "0")

(command "_explode" "L")

And remove the load of the Steal lisp, and line that calls it.

The insert will carry all the Block Definitions (e.g. block table), and also any Layers.

If you don't want those additional Layers, you can purge those.

ECCAD

Re: Batch Save Utility is seeing all my files as read-only

jforrester8HWUS — Sun, 12 May 2024 00:54:18 GMT

@ec-cad Success! Really appreciate your help. The idea of just inserting a .dwg with the blocks in it was much easier to get working.

For anyone wondering, here's the final script that worked:

setvar
BLOCKREDEFINEMODE
2
-insert
C:\Users\jforrester\Desktop\Scratch\blocksforimport.dwg
0,0
1
1
0
explode
L
setvar
BLOCKREDEFINEMODE
1
-purge
b
blocksforimport
n
qsave
;

Edit: it seemed to work, but I later realized it didn't do what I needed. It successfully imported all the blocks, but ignored the duplicate definitions so none of them updated. I thought setting BLOCKREDEFINEMODE or EXPERT would eliminate that behavior, but no dice.

Re: Batch Save Utility is seeing all my files as read-only

Sea-Haven — Sat, 11 May 2024 03:59:19 GMT

It may be worthwhile looking at using a DWT and go the other way, a dwt contains all your layers, blocks, linetypes etc a Template dwg, that you want to use so make one, then paste the other dwg into the dwt, that is how we have worked for years taking Field survey data into a design dwg. Then all our other programs work.

Re: Batch Save Utility is seeing all my files as read-only

ec-cad — Sat, 11 May 2024 14:34:08 GMT

Glad to be of help. Cheers.

ECCAD