.dcl load problem

I am running a LISP that calls up a .dcl menu. Is there a way to have the LISP call the .dcl up if it is in the same location as the LISP but not in the AutoCAD search file paths?

Yes, inlude the full path in the load_dialog statement.

I tried this:

(setq dcl_id (load_dialog "W:\AutoCAD\PGE_CUI\BATCH_TEXT_RPL.dcl"))

But it gave the 'cannot find...' message. Do I have to write it differently?

If I leave it:

(setq dcl_id (load_dialog  "BATCH_TEXT_RPL.dcl"))

And place the folder in the AutoCAD search path, it works fine.

You need to use double backslashes with LISP

A single backslash indicates you are trying to use an escape character sequence.

Ahh... I see. I'll give that a go and see if I cant get this.