help with a lisp macro

[jseefdrumr]

So I use old-school LISP for my command macros. Currently I'm trying to call the 'create new drawing' dialog. I can enter AENEWDRAWING directly on the command line and get it. But if I try to macro it to something else it won't work. Below is an example of the code I used, along with the simple variations I tried. NOTE: Command macros are literally the only thing I do in LISP, sorry if this is an easy one.

a line of good, working code:

(defun C:EN ( ) (c:AEPNEUMATIC))

what I think *should* work:

(defun C:ENEW ( ) (c:AENEWDRAWING))

other stuff I tried:

(defun C:ENEW ( ) (c:_AENEWDRAWING))

(defun C:ENEW ( ) (c:ACENEWDRAWING))

(defun C:ENEW ( ) (c:_ACENEWDRAWING))

(defun C:ENEW ( ) (command "_AENEWDRAWING"))

(defun C:ENEW ( ) (command "_ACENEWDRAWING"))

These all return either 'no function definition' or 'unknown command AENEWDRAWING', depending on how I tried to call the command. The last one on the list returns 'nil', which is confusing.

Thanks in advance

Jim

[rhesusminus · Accepted solution]

It's a little bit dirty, but it works:
(defun C:ENEW () (vla-SendCommand (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)) (strcat "ACENEWDRAWING" " ")))

[jseefdrumr]

Works perfectly, many thanks Trond!

\m/

Jim