Unknown Command with Macro, defun
@Anonymous wrote:
I wrote this macro using the Customize User Interface Editor:
When I select the macro button it works real nice, exactly as intended. And when I type "dimcl" at the command prompt the new command works just fine.
However I get this message everytime:
Unknown command "DIMCL". Press F1 for help.
Considering the macro actually works then probably okay. But I would like to know what I am doing wrong here.
Any ideas?
Hi tyannotti,
an AutoLISP code, needs to be loaded in each dwg.
One way is, if you don't have a 'acaddoc.lsp' file, create one, and save it in a 'Support File Search Path', AutoCAD will load 'acaddoc.lsp' in each dwg
To check if you have already an 'acaddoc.lsp', enter at the command line
(findfile "acaddoc.lsp")
If find one, will return the path, if not returns a 'nil'...
Hope that helps
Henrique
@ВeekeeCZ wrote:
... and save it as e.g. dimcl.lsp in a 'Support File Search Path'...
To save the code as an external lisp file, it's a different way of doing it, my advice was simply copy/paste the code in acaddoc...
If the OP choose that way, will need to use a 'load' or 'autoload' function in 'acaddoc.lsp' file to load the file
e.g.
(load "dimcl" "\nDimcl.lsp not loaded")
or using 'autoload'
(autoload "dimcl" '("dimcl"))
Henrique
I believe the problem is that you have an extraneous Enter "" in the Layer command. The command will end at the first of the pair, and the second will recall the latest command entered, which will be your custom command name, but within a (command) function that won't be recognized [only "real" AutoCAD command names work there].
Kent Cooper, AIA 
Accepted solution
@Anonymous wrote:
....
It looks like all the quotes and parenteses are paired up okay. To illustrate:
(defun c:dimcl( )
(command
"-layer"
"s"
"dimensions"
""
""
"_dimlinear"
....
Please explain, thanks
....
They're paired up okay, but there's one more pair of double-quotes than there should be:
....
(command
"-layer"
"s"
"dimensions"
"" ; this Enter completes the Layer command
"" ; this Enter is extraneous, and recalls the previous command entered from outside the (command) function,
; which, not being a native AutoCAD command name, gives an error when used inside a (command) function
"_dimlinear"
....
It's possible that you've picked up the idea of two Enters at the end of a Layer command from other routines. That is appropriate only in those that end with assigning something like a color or a linetype to the current Layer:
....
(command
"_.layer"
"_color"
123
"" ; first Enter accepts the current Layer's name as default to assign the color to
"" ; second Enter completes the Layer command
)
Kent Cooper, AIA