Still learning

hey, im still learning alot of the format of how to present a lisp commands,

could some one please tell me why this code wont work?

(DEFUN C:da()
(GRAPHSCR)
(if (= 1 (getvar "dimlfac"))
(progn
(command "dimclrt" 2)        ;yellow text
(command "linetype" "s" "continuous"\\)
(command ".layer" "m" "dim" \)
(command "celweight" 15)
(command "_dimaligned")
);progn
(progn
(command "dimclrt" 3)        ;green text
(command "linetype" "s" "continuous"\\)
(command ".layer" "m" "dim" \)
(command "celweight" 15)
(command "_dimaligned")
);progn
);if
)

In a lisp "command" function, use "pause" instead of a backslash:

not - (command "linetype" "s" "continuous"\\)

instead - (command "linetype" "s" "continuous" pause pause)

You may also want to try

(command ".-linetype" "s" "continuous" "")
(command ".-layer" "m" "dim" "")

the 2 double quotes "" act as an enter

Thanks guys, ill have a look on monday, the weird thing is, it works for all other commands except this one aye, ive got 10 code similar with the same format and they work it was only this one that dosnt, do you kno why they work yet this one dosnt?

could you also please explain why i should use your methods? as i dont under stand the difference,why "" can = \\ while "" can also = \ please excuse my ignorance

neither work for some reason

if i run the vba in autocad it works fine

if i copy it into the command line it loads fine

i dont understand it works fine for all the other commands just not this one???

;Dimension angled
(defun c:da()
(graphscr)
(if (= 1 (getvar "dimlfac")) 
(progn
(command "dimclrt" 2)        ;yellow text
(command "linetype" "s" "continuous" pause pause)
(command ".layer" "m" "dim" pause)
(command "celweight" 15)
(command "dimaligned")
);progn
(progn
(command "dimclrt" 3)    ;green txt
(command "linetype" "s" "continuous" pause pause)
(command ".layer" "m" "dim" pause)
(command "celweight" 15)
(command "dimaligned")
);progn
);if
)

;Dimension angled
(defun c:da()
(graphscr)
(if (= 1 (getvar "dimlfac")) 
(progn
(command "dimclrt" 2)        ;yellow text
(command "linetype" "s" "continuous" "" "")
(command ".layer" "m" "dim" "")
(command "celweight" 15)
(command "dimaligned")
);progn
(progn
(command "dimclrt" 3)    ;green txt
(command "linetype" "s" "continuous" "" "")
(command ".layer" "m" "dim" "")
(command "celweight" 15)
(command "dimaligned")
);progn
);if
)