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[Maltacad]

Hi everyone,

I am using ATTEXT to extract attributes into a text file. When I create the file and extract the attributes straight away, it works well. However, I need to erase the contents of the file first. So I am using "w" like this:

(setq y2 (open wpath "w")) ;wpath contains the path of the file

Then, when I tried to extract the attributes again, Autocad (2007 version) gave me an error "Can't open file". I tried to close the file and open it again using append but it still gave me the error. Can anyone help me please?

[Alan Cullen]

I'm just rushing through here on my way to bed. My first guess is that the file has not been closed from a previous session. Shut down acad and start again. then go to the lisp and make sure the file has been closed.

[Maltacad]

Hi,

Finally I managed to solve the problem: my problem was that I was using "read" previously to check whether the file already exists and I wasn't closing the file after the read, only after the write. That's why it couldn't open. Thanks just the same for your help