"drawing busy"

[gcsjlewis]

I am trying to run a lisp in a script file and when it gets to a certain point, the script stops, going through all the properties, i cannot see anything unusual but when i try to close the drawing s i get this message:

Command: (vla-close files)
; error: Automation Error. Drawing is busy.

Is there a way to "kill" or release the lisp that is running? 

Using Autocad Electrical 2011.  (i also downloaded a trial of 2017 and it doesn't work there either)

Also, i noticed that my AENEXT and AEPREV commands stop working, 

I personally think there is a problem with the API command i am trying to run, but maybe theres a work around

any ideas?

[hencoop]

Try converting your script file to all lisp and then run it from the VLIDE.  You can use the debug tools there to abort the evaluation.

[gcsjlewis]

no errors are showing.  I posted awhile back on this, i think one of the core API commands that come with autocad electrical is "faulty"  If i run my programs on a drawing basis everything runs fine with no errors using vlide.  But as soon as i run it in a script, this one API stops the program.  I've tried hardcoding just the api in a script, and  it crashes, with no error showing.  I truly think this is something someone from autodesk needs to investigate.