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cannot create tmp file for DCL

Wheelie22 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:32:05 GMT

I need admin rights to write in this directory , is this the right dir ?

; warning:cannot create tmp file for DCL: "C:/Program Files/Autodesk/AutoCAD 2022/$vld$.dcl"

Or do I need the right rights ?

Re: cannot create tmp file for DCL

ВeekeeCZ — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:41:05 GMT

Well, you will definitely need permission to write there which you most likely don't have.

Can't you use something like this? See HERE where it goes...

(vl-filename-mktemp nil nil ".dcl")

Re: cannot create tmp file for DCL

Wheelie22 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 10:23:42 GMT

I entered it in the lisp console :

; warning:cannot create tmp file for DCL: "C:/Program Files/Autodesk/AutoCAD 2022/$vld$.dcl" _$ (vl-filename-mktemp nil nil ".dcl") "C:\\Users\\me\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\$VL~~001.dcl" _$ ; warning:cannot create tmp file for DCL: "C:/Program Files/Autodesk/AutoCAD 2022/$vld$.dcl" _$

and in the command line to.

Do you have the rights to edit in the AutoCad version directory ?

maybe reinstall acade 2022

This is with the command to preview the DCL. 🙂

Re: cannot create tmp file for DCL

john.uhden — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 19:58:01 GMT

@Wheelie22

Perhaps it's a TRUSTEDPATH roadblock.

If you have or know of a trusted path, you can specify it for the 2nd nil, eg.

(vl-filename-mktemp nil "C:\\MyTrustedFolder" ".dcl")

Re: cannot create tmp file for DCL

Wheelie22 — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:42:06 GMT

No.

_$ _$ (vl-filename-mktemp nil "d:\-=Data=-\Documents\Acade 2022\temp\" ".dcl") ; error: misplaced dot on input _$ (vl-filename-mktemp nil "d:\-=Data=-\Documents\Acade 2022\temp" ".dcl") "C:\\Users\\me\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\$VL~~001.dcl" _$ ; warning:cannot create tmp file for DCL: "C:/Program Files/Autodesk/AutoCAD 2022/$vld$.dcl" _$ _$

This vl-filename-mktemp does not change the DLC tmp file location.

Reinstall is the best option, like W.

Is there a AutoCad for Linux ?

Re: cannot create tmp file for DCL

john.uhden — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:59:54 GMT

@Wheelie22

Maybe a reinstall is in order.

I had no problem either way...

Command: (vl-filename-mktemp nil nil ".txt")
"C:\\Users\\juhden\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\$VL~~001.txt"

Command: (vl-filename-mktemp nil "c:\\custom" ".txt")
"c:\\custom\\$VL~~002.txt"

But I did use a double backslash.

Re: cannot create tmp file for DCL

diagodose2009 — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 19:05:49 GMT

Hello.

for many CAD/s, you can use this my local function named "str_pathtemp"

;; .--/| ;;o~ " `.. - - - - . ;; `~~\ `. ;; `. } { /\| ;; \ |~- -~\ | ;; || | >> / ;;\\|/ ||_| ;;rem:_/ \|/ ;; \|;;rem: ;;Inf: ZwCad da eroare la getenv("TEMP") result=nil ;;Out:rr:string=("".get temporally directory)(nil.none)

i force the user to edit-normal. You see the normal-version upload.txt

You see how to run here

Command: (str_pathtemp) "C:/DOCUME~1/adruianb/LOCALS~1/Temp/" Command: (strcat (str_pathtemp) (rtos (getvar "CDATE") 2 12)) "C:/DOCUME~1/adruianb/LOCALS~1/Temp/20220820.00394077"

Re: cannot create tmp file for DCL

Sea-Haven — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 02:05:15 GMT

You can reset where the temp files are written to type Config Files and set your Temporary directory to one you have. I have a D:\Acadtemp and its suprising how much junk ends up in there.

Re: cannot create tmp file for DCL

vladimir_michl — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 09:15:59 GMT

Are you using some kind of folder mapping or folder mirroring/duplication? (the original file path looks fine, only the warning mentions a strange path)

Vladimir Michl, www.arkance-systems.cz - www.cadforum.cz

Re: cannot create tmp file for DCL

Wheelie22 — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 06:51:00 GMT

Do you have the rights to edit in the AutoCad version directory ?

C:/Program Files/Autodesk/AutoCAD "your version"

Maybe it's a rights thing.

Re: cannot create tmp file for DCL

miguel.vivancoJMT9G — Thu, 16 May 2024 20:51:35 GMT

I solved it creating manually an empty file with the name $vld$.dcl, then copy it into that default folder (i.e. "C:/Program Files/Autodesk/AutoCAD 2022/") and assigning all right only to this file. It is, edit its Properties > Security and Add "Users" in the Group or user names list (it is: Edit... > Add... > type 'users' in the 'Enter the object names' then press 'Check Names...', select the result then click 'OK'), then assign all rights of all users in the list.

That works and won't be necessary to change the rights to all folder.

Re: cannot create tmp file for DCL

338219338219 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:07:42 GMT

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
$vld$.dcl تم حل المشكلة بعمل ملف باسم
في موقع "C:/Program Files/Autodesk/AutoCAD 2022/"
واعطاء جميع الصلاحيات لمستخدم الكل

Re: cannot create tmp file for DCL

338219338219 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:21:48 GMT

بسم الله
السلام عليكم
المشكلة أن ملف مربع الحوار ليس محفوظ في مجلدات الحث الخاصة بالإوتوكاد
فيجر الأوتوكاد ‘لى عمل ملف في مجلد الأوتوكاد