Using "Insert" in Menu/Lisp with Strcat

carlnelson

I have a menu that I use in AutoCAD for a client that uses lisp to call for blocks.
It uses a variable g_path which is set to C:/Users/cnelson/BCADStuff/ACADWIN/" then when the blocks are picked it does a strcat g_path "FORMAT/INSERT/STICKERS/506"
It does a -insert with that strcat but Bricscad errors and says block name invalid, see attached screen shot. Does Bricscad allow insert to use a variable for the block name?
Thanks!

Owen Wengerd

It might depend on TEXTEVAL, but better to just strcat everything:
(command (strcat "_-INSERT " g_path "FORMAT/INSERT/STICKERS/506" "\n"))

carlnelson

Another Example: I am able at the command line set AA to the concatenation of g_path and the string, but in the menu it doesn't work... grrr

(SETQ AA (strcat g_path "FORMAT/INSERT/STICKERS/506"))
"C:/Users/cnelson/BCADStuff/ACADWIN/FORMAT/INSERT/STICKERS/506"
:

(la_test "NOTES" "3" "")

-insert
? to list blocks in drawing/~ to open the file dialog/: (strcat g_path "FORMAT/INSERT/STICKERS/506")Block name is invalid. Please use =.

Torsten Moses

2 potential reasons :
a) does the path "g_path" ends with "\" or "/" ?
b) you might append ".dwg" to the filename ... maybe this fixes the "-insert" behaviour ?

many greetings !

carlnelson

It ends in a "/" "C:/Users/cnelson/BCADStuff/ACADWIN/"

Tried the .dwg but no dice...

Thanks!

Carl

@Torsten Moses said:
2 potential reasons :
a) does the path "g_path" ends with "\" or "/" ?

b) you might append ".dwg" to the filename ... maybe this fixes the "-insert" behaviour ?

many greetings !

Roy Klein Gebbinck

@carlnelson:
If you are using not using (command ...) then looking at the TEXTEVAL setting (as suggested by Owen) may make sense. If you are using (command ...) post your code.

FWIW: This work fine (irrespective of the TEXTEVAL setting):
(command "_.-insert" (strcat "te" "st"))

carlnelson

It's menu driven, so what is running is:
***POP11
[SETUP]
[->Borders]
[&D-Size]^C^C(la_test "BORDER" "7" "") -insert;(strcat g_path "FORMAT/BORDER/B_D");0,0;(getvar "dimscale");;;
It's a rather large Insert block menu so I'd rather not have to re-write as it works fine in ACAD.... but I I guess a find and replace would make short work of it....
I'm just surprised that if I type -insert at the command line and at the prompt type (strcat g_path "FORMAT/BORDER/B_D") it says block name is invalid....

Carl

@Roy Klein Gebbinck said:
@carlnelson:
If you are using not using (command ...) then looking at the TEXTEVAL setting (as suggested by Owen) may make sense. If you are using (command ...) post your code.

FWIW: This work fine (irrespective of the TEXTEVAL setting):
(command "_.-insert" (strcat "te" "st"))

carlnelson

Thanks Owen!
I set TEXTEVAL to 1 and it works great! Whew!
Doh!

Thank you everyone for helping out!!!

Carl

@Owen Wengerd said:
It might depend on TEXTEVAL, but better to just strcat everything:
(command (strcat "_-INSERT " g_path "FORMAT/INSERT/STICKERS/506" "\n"))

Wiebe van der Worp

Additional, if you check texteval in AutoCAD you will probably notice it is set there to 1 too (default is 0), behaviour of both programs is quite similar when doing basic things like -insert. Owen and Roy suggested a more structural solution for the future ;-)

carlnelson

@Wiebe van der Worp said:
Additional, if you check texteval in AutoCAD you will probably notice it is set there to 1 too (default is 0), behaviour of both programs is quite similar when doing basic things like -insert. Owen and Roy suggested a more structural solution for the future ;-)

Thanks!
TEXTEVAL when I checked in AutoCAD was set to zero, which is why I never thought to check that... lol
This client 3rd party menu that I have to use was created in the 1990 and earlier, the last update was for AutoCAD 2011 on 4/4/2013, it's really creaky and I am thrilled that less than a week after downloading BricsCAD it now works flawlessly! :-) happy dance!
Carl