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Support File Search Path...???

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2000 14:51:54 GMT

I need to know where autocad stores the information from the options menu. I
am trying to set up machines with the same support files search path,
without having to manually put that in each time. I hope there is a file
somewhere I can use to change it. Thanks.

--
Rodney S. Christmas
Information Technology Manager
Hunton Brady Pryor Maso Architects P.A.

Re: Support File Search Path...???

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2000 15:24:30 GMT

It's stored in the registry. You can access it with LISP by using (getenv
"ACAD").

Jaysen

"Shane Christmas" wrote in message
news:89lvas$cts12@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> I need to know where autocad stores the information from the options menu.
I
> am trying to set up machines with the same support files search path,
> without having to manually put that in each time. I hope there is a file
> somewhere I can use to change it. Thanks.
>
> --
> Rodney S. Christmas
> Information Technology Manager
> Hunton Brady Pryor Maso Architects P.A.
>
>

Re: Support File Search Path...???

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2000 15:30:49 GMT

Attached are some routines I wrote for manipulating the support path. If you
have any questions, fire away.

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"Shane Christmas" wrote in message
news:89lvas$cts12@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> I need to know where autocad stores the information from the options menu.
I
> am trying to set up machines with the same support files search path,
> without having to manually put that in each time. I hope there is a file
> somewhere I can use to change it. Thanks.
>
> --
> Rodney S. Christmas
> Information Technology Manager
> Hunton Brady Pryor Maso Architects P.A.
>
>

Re: Support File Search Path...???

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2000 18:25:33 GMT

a user "Profile" would work great for this, too

Re: Support File Search Path...???

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2000 21:27:06 GMT

The site below has something on the subject.

http://www.wport.com/~nemi/

As previously stated you could go to profiles and export
the one you like then go to the new machine and import
that profile with all the support files already listed.

I would like to know if anyone has put a lot of directories into
the "Support file search path" something like *.*. So if you had say
500 directories you could list them all then cut and paste them
into the exported file.

Paul Skinner

Shane Christmas wrote in message
news:89lvas$cts12@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> I need to know where autocad stores the information from the options menu.
I
> am trying to set up machines with the same support files search path,
> without having to manually put that in each time. I hope there is a file
> somewhere I can use to change it. Thanks.
>
> --
> Rodney S. Christmas
> Information Technology Manager
> Hunton Brady Pryor Maso Architects P.A.
>
>

Re:

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2000 21:29:13 GMT

Just because you imported your support folders is no guarantee they'll stay
set. Not to mention profiles are machine dependent. Profiles will work only
on machines where the installations are identical.

--
Get free software and more at http://www2.stonemedia.com/franko

"Paul Skinner" wrote in message
news:89mmcv$hh810@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> The site below has something on the subject.
>
> http://www.wport.com/~nemi/
>
> As previously stated you could go to profiles and export
> the one you like then go to the new machine and import
> that profile with all the support files already listed.
>
> I would like to know if anyone has put a lot of directories into
> the "Support file search path" something like *.*. So if you had say
> 500 directories you could list them all then cut and paste them
> into the exported file.
>
> Paul Skinner
>
>
>
> Shane Christmas wrote in message
> news:89lvas$cts12@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> > I need to know where autocad stores the information from the options
menu.
> I
> > am trying to set up machines with the same support files search path,
> > without having to manually put that in each time. I hope there is a file
> > somewhere I can use to change it. Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Rodney S. Christmas
> > Information Technology Manager
> > Hunton Brady Pryor Maso Architects P.A.
> >
> >
>
>

Re:

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2000 21:49:57 GMT

Hi Frank,

I'm currently struggling with the same problem.
The LAN at my office is setup with every
project having its own directory so I'm interested in finding
ways to locate drawings in multiple directories.
--
Paul Skinner

Frank Oquendo wrote in message
news:89mmih$hhk9@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> Just because you imported your support folders is no guarantee they'll
stay
> set. Not to mention profiles are machine dependent. Profiles will work
only
> on machines where the installations are identical.
>
> --
> Get free software and more at http://www2.stonemedia.com/franko
>
>
> "Paul Skinner" wrote in message
> news:89mmcv$hh810@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> > The site below has something on the subject.
> >
> > http://www.wport.com/~nemi/
> >
> > As previously stated you could go to profiles and export
> > the one you like then go to the new machine and import
> > that profile with all the support files already listed.
> >
> > I would like to know if anyone has put a lot of directories into
> > the "Support file search path" something like *.*. So if you had say
> > 500 directories you could list them all then cut and paste them
> > into the exported file.
> >
> > Paul Skinner
> >
> >
> >
> > Shane Christmas wrote in message
> > news:89lvas$cts12@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> > > I need to know where autocad stores the information from the options
> menu.
> > I
> > > am trying to set up machines with the same support files search path,
> > > without having to manually put that in each time. I hope there is a
file
> > > somewhere I can use to change it. Thanks.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Rodney S. Christmas
> > > Information Technology Manager
> > > Hunton Brady Pryor Maso Architects P.A.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Re:

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2000 22:00:12 GMT

With some additional LISP, you can use the routines I posted earlier in this
thread to switch between projects without overloading your support path.
Here's a simple example:
(setq SmithProject (list "f:\Projects\Smith" "f:\Projects\Smith\Blocks")
JonesProject (list "f:\Projects\Jones" "f:\Projects\Jones\Blocks")
)

To switch to the Jones Project:
(mapcar 'RemoveSupportPath SmithProject)
(mapcar 'AddSupportPath JonesProject)

Vice Versa
(mapcar 'RemoveSupportPath JonesProject)
(mapcar 'AddSupportPath SmithProject)

--
Get free software and more at http://www2.stonemedia.com/franko

"Paul Skinner" wrote in message
news:89mnnr$hhj6@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> Hi Frank,
>
> I'm currently struggling with the same problem.
> The LAN at my office is setup with every
> project having its own directory so I'm interested in finding
> ways to locate drawings in multiple directories.
> --
> Paul Skinner
>
> Frank Oquendo wrote in message
> news:89mmih$hhk9@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> > Just because you imported your support folders is no guarantee they'll
> stay
> > set. Not to mention profiles are machine dependent. Profiles will work
> only
> > on machines where the installations are identical.
> >
> > --
> > Get free software and more at http://www2.stonemedia.com/franko
> >
> >
> > "Paul Skinner" wrote in message
> > news:89mmcv$hh810@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> > > The site below has something on the subject.
> > >
> > > http://www.wport.com/~nemi/
> > >
> > > As previously stated you could go to profiles and export
> > > the one you like then go to the new machine and import
> > > that profile with all the support files already listed.
> > >
> > > I would like to know if anyone has put a lot of directories into
> > > the "Support file search path" something like *.*. So if you had say
> > > 500 directories you could list them all then cut and paste them
> > > into the exported file.
> > >
> > > Paul Skinner
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Shane Christmas wrote in message
> > > news:89lvas$cts12@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> > > > I need to know where autocad stores the information from the options
> > menu.
> > > I
> > > > am trying to set up machines with the same support files search
path,
> > > > without having to manually put that in each time. I hope there is a
> file
> > > > somewhere I can use to change it. Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Rodney S. Christmas
> > > > Information Technology Manager
> > > > Hunton Brady Pryor Maso Architects P.A.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Re:

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Mar 2000 22:31:43 GMT

Thank you for your insight into profiles and search paths, I'll have to
study
the subject a little more, after searching Autodesk's site for ARG files, I
found this
subject has been covered quit extensively at:

http://www.autodesk.com/support/techdocs/td10/td104063.htm

--
Paul Skinner
Terra Engineering Ltd.

Frank Oquendo wrote in message
news:89mock$hi212@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> With some additional LISP, you can use the routines I posted earlier in
this
> thread to switch between projects without overloading your support path.
> Here's a simple example:
> (setq SmithProject (list "f:\Projects\Smith" "f:\Projects\Smith\Blocks")
> JonesProject (list "f:\Projects\Jones"
"f:\Projects\Jones\Blocks")
> )
>
> To switch to the Jones Project:
> (mapcar 'RemoveSupportPath SmithProject)
> (mapcar 'AddSupportPath JonesProject)
>
> Vice Versa
> (mapcar 'RemoveSupportPath JonesProject)
> (mapcar 'AddSupportPath SmithProject)
>
> --
> Get free software and more at http://www2.stonemedia.com/franko
>
>
> "Paul Skinner" wrote in message
> news:89mnnr$hhj6@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> > Hi Frank,
> >
> > I'm currently struggling with the same problem.
> > The LAN at my office is setup with every
> > project having its own directory so I'm interested in finding
> > ways to locate drawings in multiple directories.
> > --
> > Paul Skinner
> >
> > Frank Oquendo wrote in message
> > news:89mmih$hhk9@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> > > Just because you imported your support folders is no guarantee they'll
> > stay
> > > set. Not to mention profiles are machine dependent. Profiles will work
> > only
> > > on machines where the installations are identical.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Get free software and more at http://www2.stonemedia.com/franko
> > >
> > >
> > > "Paul Skinner" wrote in message
> > > news:89mmcv$hh810@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> > > > The site below has something on the subject.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.wport.com/~nemi/
> > > >
> > > > As previously stated you could go to profiles and export
> > > > the one you like then go to the new machine and import
> > > > that profile with all the support files already listed.
> > > >
> > > > I would like to know if anyone has put a lot of directories into
> > > > the "Support file search path" something like *.*. So if you had say
> > > > 500 directories you could list them all then cut and paste them
> > > > into the exported file.
> > > >
> > > > Paul Skinner
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Shane Christmas wrote in message
> > > > news:89lvas$cts12@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> > > > > I need to know where autocad stores the information from the
options
> > > menu.
> > > > I
> > > > > am trying to set up machines with the same support files search
> path,
> > > > > without having to manually put that in each time. I hope there is
a
> > file
> > > > > somewhere I can use to change it. Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Rodney S. Christmas
> > > > > Information Technology Manager
> > > > > Hunton Brady Pryor Maso Architects P.A.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Support File Search Path...???

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jan 2001 06:44:33 GMT

I have created image file menues, lisp routines, etc. for my office and I
have to go around to everyone's computer and add the network path of these
files to the "Support File Search Path" in the preferences dialog box of
AutoCAD. Is there a way to add directories to the "Support File Search
path" from outside of AutoCAD? I could not find any hint of the "Support
File Search Path" directories in the windows registry. Is it located in a
file in the AutoCAD directory somewhere? If so, how would one go about
making changes to it?

Ideally I would like to create an installation executable that copies the
necessary files to each persons hard drive and makes the necessary additions
to the "Support File Search Path" without me having to individually setup
each persons computer. Is this possible?

Re:

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jan 2001 07:02:04 GMT

What I do is use WCMATCH in the MNL file to determine if a folder is
already present in the path. If not, a simple STRCAT and a SETENV will
correct the problem.

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"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it
means."

"Nathan" <---@--.com> wrote in message
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>
> Ideally I would like to create an installation executable
> that copies the necessary files to each persons hard drive
> and makes the necessary additions to the "Support File
> Search Path" without me having to individually setup
> each persons computer. Is this possible?
>