Is that true, 2021 onwards lisp codes will not work for Autocad???

[Anonymous]

Dear All,

I have a question that, from 2021 onwards autolisp/ Visual lisp codes will not work for Autocad?

So far, I have collected 500 lisp scripts for automation.

I am worrying that, if 2021 onwards lisp not work, then what is the alternate solution to use all my 500 lisp scripts???

Thanks a lot in advance for experts.

[roland.r71]

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@pbejse wrote:

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@roland.r71 wrote:

You should realy try notepad++. I have 'm both, but np++ just has the few extra's (like code collapsing & matching function/variable parenthesis highlighting) that makes it better. & its free 😊

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Or just get use to working with VS code. 😊

Best to get with the times I always say.

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Call me an old dog then, as I'm used to doing it with text editors sinds the birth of PC's 😎

Besides, I can work on it anywhere, at any time on any PC, Tablet or even my smartphone.

So who's getting with the times here? 😋

[Sea-Haven]

What about don't have 2021 ?  I have both Autocad and Bricscad so VS and Bricscad ??

Is it watch this space for Bricscad ?

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Zwsoft.ZwLisp

[chriscowgill7373]

If you are not on 2021 yet then nothing has changed, you still use the same method you've always used

[Sea-Haven]

Understand but was referring to wether it would work with any version other than 2021. I am not using VS now so will not download.

[pbejse]

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@roland.r71 wrote: ...besides, I can work on it anywhere, at any time on any PC, Tablet or even my smartphone.So who's getting with the times here? 😋

You got me there 😁  But I wouldnt even think of working on my smartphone, life is too short for that my friend. 😉

I'm sure you guys know what i mean.

[cadffm]

But don't forget, you can not use VS instead of another one 1:1

some things to think about, depending on settings, code and filetype.

[lena.talkhina]

Ok, @Anonymous  here is what I learned so far:

@chriscowgill7373 is right and there is no changes for LISP in AutoCAD 2021.

But there is changes for VLIDE which documented earlier:

“Note: The VL IDE is an obsolete technology and might be removed in a future release. It is recommended to transition from the VL IDE for AutoLISP development to VS Code and the AutoCAD AutoLISP Extension.”

For more information on that don't hesitate to reach this link

Be aware, that we don’t make decision when is to remove the legacy VLIDE editor. And we will collect feedback from users, and based on the feedbacks to determine when is to obsolete the VLIDE editor

More about on what and why VS Code for Lisp

https://help.autodesk.com/view/OARX/2021/ENU/?guid=GUID-B1612444-8F27-44BF-8339-A556351C8842

The following link gives a good overview between VLIDE and VSCODE IDE:
https://help.autodesk.com/view/OARX/2021/ENU/?guid=GUID-30033BD2-7A43-4109-B08A-C1CFC9A7D9A5

[chriscowgill7373]

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@Sea-Haven wrote:

Understand but was referring to wether it would work with any version other than 2021. I am not using VS now so will not download.

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In 2021, if LISPSYS is set to 0 or 2, the compiled programs will work in other versions, if you are using straight lisp with no encryption then it still works as before.  Although I would suppose if you used UNICODE within your lisp program, the older versions of CAD would not understand how to read it.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/AutoC...

[roland.r71]

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@chriscowgill7373 wrote:

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Although I would suppose if you used UNICODE within your lisp program, the older versions of CAD would not understand how to read it.

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That's for sure. It won't work if its not UTF-8 encoded. Which can be a real pain, if you have no idea.

[roland.r71]

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@roland.r71 wrote:

That's for sure. It won't work if its not UTF-8 encoded. Which can be a real pain, if you have no idea.

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Now here's a case where it would be nice to have a longer edit time... 😁

I mixed things up a bit I guess. That should have been "it won't work if it IS UTF-8" (for example)

It has to be ANSI (plain tekst / dos) encoded.

Example topic where this was the case:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/lisp-error-syntax-error/m-p/8342001/...

[Anonymous]

In AutoCAD 2021 it can support to read/write UTF-8 encoding lisp files.

And any issues and feature requests can be posted in this page:https://github.com/Autodesk-AutoCAD/AutoLispExt/issues