Nc Code Generator

[WILLY]

I need some expert help with loading lisp routines. The program,for generating nc code ,runs as advertised at work on acad 2000 but I cannot get it to load and run on my Rel 14 at home. The problem is that the .dcl and rx files will not load when I do an application load.The gcode generator loads(I receive the message that it has loaded) but the .dcl and rx file will not....and the .dcl file is shown as an "AOEMVIEWDIALOG DEFINITION" which seems to be the problem.
I hope I explained it clear enough....thanks.

[mahahaavaaha]

Hi,

I think (not 100 % sure but close) that you're out of luck! Arx ie. Rx applications are not portable between versions! Each AutoCAD version has it's own objectlibrary and thus these aren't compatible in either direction. Can't now remember what if anything (something?) happened to Dialogs just at this junction but I suspect the same holds true for these as well at this point.

Sorry...

/Petri

[WILLY]

DANG...NOT GOOD. oh well,thanks for the insight....i'll do some more
research and hope for the best...i must be off.

[WILLY]

seems as the original WAS written for r14 and then we transferred the program over to rel 2000 and it still ran....soooo....the main problem is that (for some reason!!!???) the dialog box is not being
loaded/recognized..or anything else. If some one can solve the problem,
I will be glad to share the program if you need a good cnc g-code
generator...thanks.
p.s. the other engineer that wrote it is no longer within reach...
that is he is in arizona.

[Adesu]

Hi WILLY,
I'm not sure my suggest can help you, but try this
if in Acad 2005 ( in R 14 rather few different)

Tools > Options.. > Files > Support Search File Path > Add > Browse > find your file location > OK > Apply > OK

I need some expert help with loading lisp routines. The program,for generating nc code ,runs as advertised at work on acad 2000 but I cannot get it to load and run on my Rel 14 at home. The problem is that the .dcl and rx files will not load when I do an application load.The gcode generator loads(I receive the message that it has loaded) but the .dcl and rx file will not....and the .dcl file is shown as an "AOEMVIEWDIALOG DEFINITION" which seems to be the problem.
I hope I explained it clear enough....thanks.

[WILLY]

Thanks for the input....did it to no avail. The problem still seems to be
the dialog box not loading....all else apparently loads as I get the message that the g-coder was indeed loaded. when I type "gc"
to get the program running, the mesage "cancelled" displays in the
acad command line....
I guess that i'm not holding my tongue correctly or I have totally misdiagnosed MY problem....certainly a head scratcher.
Thanks to all who tried...if I have any luck I'll post...i must be off.

[CAB]

You do not load DCL files. The lisp will load them and they need to be in the ACAD search path. As for the arx, you will need to complile the source code in R14 or locate the R14 arx.

[mahahaavaaha]

Hi,

maybe the original coader has set the program parameters so that the DCL -files and LSP files have to be in a certain directory.. Open the Main Lisp file in Notepad and if it isn't protected (ie. if you can read it), find any reference to dcl -files, do a search for ".DCL" and see if you can't figure out where it's looking for the dcl -files. Often applications use ENVIRONMENT variables to determine how fileas are situated (at least in the past) so loo for any getenv -commands as well.

Or if nothing else works, post the ****** here and we'll take a peek.

/Petri

[bsamc2000]

If you post the files more people may be able to help.

Thanks,
Brian

[WILLY]

OK...I KIN DO DAT..as soon as i read the how to directions eye'll post 'em an stand back and wait for the dust to settle