Scripts not available in Autocad for Mac but fine in Autocad

Anonymous · ‎03-22-2020

In Autocad 2020 for Mac, I have students trying to run a script (.scr) and they cannot select the script once they type the SCRIPT command. The script file shows grey in their section window.

This works fine in Autocad 2020 on a PC.

Any ideas?

maxim_k · ‎03-22-2020

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Hi Stephen,

I don't have such issue on my side.

In AutoCAD for Mac I use the same command for loading and executing scripts as in AC for PC.

After I call SCRIPT command, standard file selection window appears with .scr file format filter and I can select .scr file in it:

Yes, I have to say that in macOS Mojave and Catalina sometimes files matching filter are grayed out in such dialogs. Not sure is it a bug in AutoCAD or in macOS, but you still can select them in relevant dialogs for opening.

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Leaf.chai · ‎03-23-2020

Hi Stephen,

Can you share the script file you meet the error?

I guess it may related to the file path or something which related to the OS difference.

Thanks,

Leaf

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Anonymous · ‎06-24-2020

Seems the renaming process used by the student(s) was scriptname.txt to scriptname.scr ... but ... ended up as scriptname.scr.txt ...