Please remove Publish Option

[bforr]

I sent 6 layout tabs to the printer via Publish and 20 minutes later it was still processing.  I then deleted the publish command and it has been 15 minutes and it is still attempting to cancel.  I knew it took a long time but I sometimes slip up and try it again.  Like putting money in a vending machine again after it takes it the first time.  Please remove this option\incapability from the program so I don't fall prey to it again.

[pendean]

Do you by chance still have background publishing turned on?

[bforr]

will that fix it?  At the end of the day I will turn that off and try again.

[imadHabash]

Hi,

i face this issue in the past .... and after long tries i found that there was a wrong in selecting the paper ( P or L ) with the drawing orientation.make sure that you have 100% correct settings.

Good Luck...

[bforr]

i used the same page setup for the publish as I did for plotting.  The plotting worked as expected.

[Anonymous]

I use PUBLISH all the time without issue.  Before you ask to remove a feature you don't know how to use, you might check with those who are using the feature regularly.

Yes publishing in background is an issue, has been one since publish was added to the application.

Personally I always publish to a PDF, then send that to which ever plotter (size) I want at the time.  That way I need only one page setup per client.

[bforr]

I know how to use the feature.  I shouldn't have to trick it by first plotting as one thing and then sending that to the plotter.  As you can tell from my post it has been an issue for a long time.  I find it more of a hindrance than a help.  I stand by my request.

[pendean]

>>>...20 minutes later it was still processing...<<<
Request aside (since your vague explanations to date mean little to those that use PUBLISH all day long)... Did you turn off background publishing and did it help with your issue?

>>>...I sometimes slip up and try it again...<<<
Who doesn't: learn how to use your OS' kill switch to shut down apps or running print processes you no longer want running. It's the better approach. If you don't know how, ask.

[bforr]

I turned it off but haven't tried it yet.  Maybe at the end of the day or tomorrow.  I don't have time to play around.

I know how to shut down the apps.  If I had known it would take that long, I would've have done it.  I was working on another drawing while it was publishing and when I cancelled using the icon on the taskbar I went to discuss drainage with a coworker and when I came back 15 mins later and it was still cancelling, I shut it off.  So that brings up why put the feature on the taskbar that doesn't work as it should. Why should I have to use another program to fix something this program isn't doing efficiently?

[bforr]

Sorry if I was a little terse.

[Anonymous]

If you knew how to use it, you wouldn't be having issues.  Don't plot in background.

I'm not tricking anything, I just find having the PDF more efficient that a paper plot.  With the PDF I can plot it to any size I want, or email it, or view it on screen, with paper I only have one size and it eats desktop.  I could just as easily PUBLISH directly to the plotter defined in the page setup (without issue).

Your request is solved quite easily too, don't use PUBLISH if it is beyond your ability to un-check the background box.  If that is also beyond your abilities, then you can remove the function from your installation yourself by using the UNDEFINE command.  But just because all the above may be beyond your capabilities, don't assume they are beyond others who can use the tool quite effectively every day.

[bforr]

haha you're pretty delicate i see.  You hurt my feelings so bad.

Why would Autodesk put that as an option if it ties up your machine? I still don't like it and ask for its removal. 

[Anonymous]

Background means it waits on clear machine time to execute, if your machine is running a malware app, or a virus scan or anything else in background, publish will take a back seat until those functions are complete, if those function run full time, then publish will never complete.  

It ain't rocket science, but if you wish to forego the command in addition to the several options I've already given you, edit the CUI to delete the button.

I love it when people purposefully cripple their own productivity, means more work for us.

[bforr]

well there isn't anything running in the background for the printer according to IT.  You always have to have a little wise crack don't you.    Yea, that's just you.

[pendean]

>>>...I turned it off but haven't tried it yet...<<<
Good, now go try it.
>>>... I don't have time to play around....<<<
Pal, we are all busy professional and customers of Autodesk just like you: if we take the time to try and help you take the time to help yourself as well.

>>>...Sorry if I was a little terse....<<<
I feel your frustration, but your lack of interest in helping yourself is also visible as well. It seems you can't cope with a hiccup, but in this real world you need to figure out how to do that.

[rkmcswain]

bforr wrote:
I still don't like it and ask for its removal. 

You can't be serious?!?

We've got bugs that have not been fixed for years, and you are asking for a feature that works to be removed? Good luck!

But seriously, it's not going to happen. Period. Use the tools you have to undefine it, or otherwise make it so that you can't accidentally run it.

[bforr]

How is it I am not helping yourself?  I turned off the background publishing and am going to remove it via cui.  I was just responding in kind to the other guy.  My first reply was something like "Will it fix it?  I will try it later on."  That could have been the end of the conversation.  I've been working on Autocad since Version 8 or 9 back in the 90s.  I've been dealing with hiccups for decades.  Thanks for your reply.

[bforr · Accepted solution]

Mr pendean.  I just tried it and with background processing turned off, it worked fine.  Thank you for your reply.  Guess I'll keep it and retract my request.  Have a nice weekend.

[pendean]

Sweet deal: thanks for trying it and posting back.

[Anonymous]

Go back and read my post, your computer (not the printer) has something running in background nearly always, malware/virus protection.

Your opening post set the tone of the conversation, you didn't ask for help, or advice, or options, just a little whine and a demand to remove an incredibly useful tool you obliviously didn't know how to use.  If you wanna play throw-down attitudes, I'm game, ask around.  But f you want help then ask for it without the playground attitude, I'm game there as well.