When I open the software and try select "open", I have to type in the name of the drawing and path on the command line, it won't allow me to browse for the drawing or show recently used drawings. I can work around this by typing in the path and name, but it is inconvenient. Is there a setting that I need to change?
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How does this switch to 0 by itself? this is not something I ever would have chosen. I'm very grateful to have found a solution. Thank you.
Often after a crash the FILEDIA variable gets set to 0.
Custom commands or scripts that need to run without user input can disable echoing text to the command line while they run. They also may set FILEDIA to 0 to prevent the dialog box from appearing; this way the script can enter the appropriate path & filename on the command line.
When the script concludes, it should set FILEDIA back to 1, but if the script is interrupted before it concludes, you're stuck with FILEDIA=0.
Have noticed that when a crash happens after trying to export drawing to Autocad (crashing is quite common in that case) FILEDIA is set to 0.
I can't browse MY Files window when clicking Open files..... It just gives me a dialog box. I entered the FILEDIA=1 and it says can't find file. I need help.
The command is FILEDIA, not FILEDIA=1. Type FILEDIA, enter, then at the prompt for a value type 1.
Its hard to believe that in the year 2022, that the worlds leader in design software with $3.79B in revenue, still has a product that requires users to go out to a forum to find an answer about something so trivial as a missing dialog. There are so many technical ways to overcome this "issue", yet here we are still making end users wonder why it happens.
Indeed.
you point it out elegantly. Sad reality is users have been asking this question for 30 years or more
Joe Bouza
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