Error while reading log file in Scriptpro

[phil.brown]

So I run a lisp that is basic, looks like this;

zoom
extents
explode
all

-purge
all
*
N
Audit
y
qsave
close
Y

Saved as an .scr. Running in scriptpro seems to fail but if I open the drawing and copy and paste this script works a treat. Why would this be happening? The purge is pretty big and can take a while but increasing the timeout to 100 which was suggested in other posts doesn't seem to help. Over 100 files to process would be good if this worked. 

Cheers!

[pendean]

How does it fail?
Is there an error message on the textscreen? or a pop-up?

Side note: are you an LT user by chance or providing this to LT users? Because you are not really deep-purging ('all' does not catch all, plus you only run it once when at least twice catches a lot more), you should AUDIT first and there are way better LISP routines (and free add-ins from the Autodesk app store) that do a way better job handling your desires task.

[phil.brown]

Thanks. Tells me a lot of I'm doing wrong. I know there is also better ways to do this. I guess my question was more why the basic command lines work in a drawing but not in ScriptPro. 

Im using Civil 3D 2020, and the error from the log file is 

[ Status summary ]
Failed

Error while reading log file for C:\GCC_Maps\3345-22.dwg

So Audit first and repeat the purge?, I have found that these files only one purge is needed as after one purge there isnt anything else left to purge.

Could you give me the name of the free-addins you mention and be happy to give those a try?  

[hmsilva]

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@phil.brown wrote:

So I run a lisp that is basic, looks like this;

zoom
extents
explode
all

-purge
all
*
N
Audit
y
qsave
close
Y

Saved as an .scr. Running in scriptpro seems to fail but if I open the drawing and copy and paste this script works a treat. Why would this be happening? The purge is pretty big and can take a while but increasing the timeout to 100 which was suggested in other posts doesn't seem to help. Over 100 files to process would be good if this worked. 

Cheers!

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@phil.brown  remove the CLOSE

SCRIPTPRO will close the dwg, to open the next one

Hope this helps,
Henrique

[pendean]

Not free but low cost and does exactly what you want https://apps.autodesk.com/ACD/en/Detail/Index?id=8863605203793823271&appLang=en&os=Win32_64

Others (free and not) https://apps.autodesk.com/ACD/en/List/Search?isAppSearch=True&searchboxstore=ACD&facet=&collection=&...

[hmsilva · Accepted solution]

@phil.brown in my previous post I suggested removing the command 'CLOSE' from the script, but I didn't remember that the 'EXPLODE' command doesn't work in the same way in a script.
A way to get around this situation is to set the system variable 'QAFLAGS' to 1 before 'EXPLODE' command, and turn back 'QAFLAGS' to 0 after.
Rename the attached 'script.txt' to 'script.scr' and try it in Scriptpro to see if it works as expected.

Hope this helps,
Henrique

[phil.brown]

That seems to have worked. You legend!! Thanks.