LISP - Al's Steel Mill not working?

[humm81]

In previous jobs, where I was using AutoCAD regularly, I got to like "Al's Steel Mill" lisp plugin for drawing steel sections. I got away from AutoCAD for a few years, but am getting back into it. So on my new computer, I loaded a copy of the lisp and supporting files. It worked fine for about a week.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/al-s-steel-mill-updated-dim-files/m-p/1919004

http://cad-corner.com/Lisp%20Routines/

This week, I tried loading it and AutoCAD says it was loaded successfully, but I can't autually run it. Any ideas what might be causing this?

Thanks!

AutoCAD App LoaderAl's Steel Mill screenshot

[Anonymous]

Is the directory it is located in on your support files paths and trusted folders?

[humm81]

Yeah, I have the directory listed under the "Support File Search Path"...it's in the middle, but I don't know if moving it up would make a difference.

Hmmm...now that I've looked at it, even after I've supposedly loaded the app, the specific directory is NOT listed under the read-only "Working Support File Search Path"...I would expect to see it there...?

[Anonymous]

I put the folder in all three places if needed and move them to the top of the list.

[humm81]

OK. So I had my lisp folder listed at the top of the "Support File Search Path".

I also tried adding the folder to the "Trusted Locations" list.

STILL...that same folder would not appear in the "Working Support File Search Path".

I found this thread, which sounds exactly like the problem I was having...I copied my lisp files into one of the folders that was already listed in the "Working Support File Search Path"...and that WORKED for me.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/support-file-working-support-paths-different/td-p/19736...

So...I still have no idea why my original folder would not appear in the "Working Support File Search Path".

[cadffm]

Special characters in that path?

- never heard about this as issue for that problem , but simple to check

Also a problem with only 10 supportpathes?

- never heard about this as issue for that problem , but simple to check