How do I make AutoCAD ignore "\" as a user input in a button macro?!

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

I am trying to create a custom button to change the dimpost command to "\P

But every time it stops at \, thinking it's supposed to be a user input.

How can I put "\P as text that I want inputted, instead of it doing " and then stopping for user input?  I don't want to type in "\P in the middle of the command every time.

dimpost;"\P;

I thought maybe parenthesis or brackets would work, but so far it hasn't.

Thanks for any help!!

Joe

[CodeDing]

@Anonymous ,

I'm still a bit unclear as to what exactly you're trying to accomplish.

Are you missing your end quote? --> "\P" <--

dimpost;"\P";  ...or...  dimpost;"\\P"

Or are you trying to put the literal string --> "\P <--

dimpost;"\"\P";  ...or...  dimpost;"\"\\P";

One of these 4 hopefully works for you!

Best,

~DD

[cadffm]

You can not use backslashs in menumacro, just as placeholde for one user-input.

Fullversion user? then use LISP in commandline:

(setvar "DIMPOST" "\\P")

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

This works for me:

(setvar 'dimpost (strcat (chr 92) "P"))

[Some, but not all, AutoLisp functions can be used in menu macros.  The (chr) function lets you avoid the actual \ character itself.]

[Kent1Cooper]

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@cadffm wrote:

.... use LISP in commandline:

(setvar "DIMPOST" "\\P")

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[That doesn't do it.  It leaves you with:

(setvar "DIMPOST" "

at the command line, awaiting further input.]

[DannyNL]

Since you also want the " the code below should be the one. You should be able to use this as your button macro as well. 

(setvar "DIMPOST" "\"\\\\P")

[ВeekeeCZ · Accepted solution]

(setvar 'dimpost (strcat (chr 34) (chr 92) "P"))

... if " should be included.

[Kent1Cooper]

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@DannyNL wrote:

Since you also want the " the code below should be the one.

(setvar "DIMPOST" "\"\\\\P")

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[That doesn't work either -- same result as in Message 5.  Testing before posting is always a good idea....]

[DannyNL]

@Kent1Cooper I did test genius, as I always do before posting. And this code works fine on my side in AutoCAD 2017.

[DannyNL]

[Kent1Cooper]

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@DannyNL wrote:

.... And this code works fine on my side in AutoCAD 2017.

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It doesn't for me in 2019.  I took the wording "the code below should  be the one" as an indication that it hadn't been tested.  And I see from your screencast now that you appear to have done all your testing at the command line.  Did you test it in a menu macro button?   That's what they want to do, but that's where it runs into trouble -- it's not the same as doing it at the command line.

[DannyNL]

I stand corrected.....I did test only on the command line. Used in a function should also be fine, but in a macro it shows the same issues.

@ВeekeeCZ 's code is the working one to be used in a macro.

[Anonymous]

This one worked for me!  Thank you!!