Recent content by Mabjro

I got excited, stayed late and did this right away. Works like a charm. Thanks to all. (defun c:ledit () ; Prompt for a suffix (setq Suffix (getstring t "Enter a suffix.")) ; Set initial value of I (setq I 0) ; Select Text (setq a (ssget '((0 . "TEXT")))) ...

CarlAK, Sounds like you and Todd are on the same track. I will try using repeat and will post back Monday. (on the road Fridays) Thanks for the help and have a good weekend. Mabjro

Todd, Although I just finished writing the routine and then read your post, I am going to try your suggestion. Here is what I did so far. (defun c:ledit () ; Prompt for a suffix (setq Suffix (getstring t "Enter a suffix.")) ; Set initial value of I (setq I 0) ...

Wow. I can't believe how it all comes back. I am rusty but it's still a lot of fun. I succeeded in creating a lisp routine that works exactly as it should with one exception. I have to enter the command every time for each text entity and I have to type in the suffix each time. Please see...

Thank you CarlAK, I will work on your suggestion. You gave me enough to get started as I am rusty with Autolisp. I have not toyed with it in a couple of years. It should be pretty easy now that you have jogged my memory. Thanks. Mabjro

I got to thinking about an easier way to explain what I am trying to accomplish. I want to add a default prefix and suffix to my single line text. Thanks again.

I want to create a lisp routine for editing text with some restrictions. The best way to explain it is to show it. I have a text entity with a value xxxx-(yy) occurring multiple times in a drawing. When I use the ddedit command the whole string appears in the dialogue box for editing. The...

Todd, Thank you for your well thought out reply. I was on the road Friday and did not see it until today, Monday. I tried your suggestions in the order that you suggested them. I had success with the last suggestion of saving to an R12 dxf file. You and CarlAK are obviously experts, in my...

I tried to saveas and/or dxfout as R14. No success. If anyone has any ideas it would sure make my day. Autodesk's website does not have much on this topic. Thank you, Mabjro

Thank you CarlAK, I will try that. What is a reactor? Is something created by a third party software? Thanks for your help. Mabjro.

Below is a copy of my text window after opening a drawing and running two commands. The list command and the filter command. Look at the errors. This only happens in some drawings that I am getting from another party. I have no direct relationship with the engineering firm that created the...

Thank you VBAJock, It will take me some time to experiment with your suggestions. I'm going to work on that and I will post back early next week. Have a great weekend everyone. Mabjro PS. Sorry about the duplicate paragraph above, I did not notice it when I previewed my post. Hopefully...

I tried to omit the argument (myvar)from the function and declaring it as a public variable per cmmrfrds and I get the following error; "Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment" I also tried to make the arguments optional per CajonCenturian. I do not get any errors...

Thank you for your replies. I will toy with this on Friday, as I am not near the computer this is on, at the moment. I will post back my results. Mabjro

How can I use a function with arguments in a query? I’m trying to use a function w/arguments in a query; “Select * FROM mytable Where myfield = ReturnMyVar() “ produces the following error. Wrong number of arguments used with function in query expression ‘(((mytable.myfield) =...