Have Written first independent LISP but AutoCAD says Unknown Command.

Hi all,

I'v written my first program without following a step by step

idiot guide and guess what? i think it's a lemon!

I've posted the code below -

what's happening is I go to load it, and AutoCAD says

"Command: ; error: malformed list on input"

where am I going wrong here pls?

;Routine to reset -Scalelistedit in 1 command
;Written by P. Smith
(Defun c:SCLLSTRST () ;Define Function Name
(command "-scalelistedit" "";Invokes Scalelistedit command
 
 ("R" ;Reset Scale list
 
  ("Y" ; Yes
   ("E" ;Exit -Scalelist command
   )
  )
 )
)
(princ)

;Routine to reset -Scalelistedit in 1 command

;Written by P. Smith

(Defun c:SCLLSTRST () ;Define Function Name

(command "-scalelistedit" "r" "y" "e");Invokes Scalelistedit command

(princ)

)

;Routine to reset -Scalelistedit in 1 command

;Written by P. Smith

(Defun c:SCLLSTRST () ;Define Function Name

(command "-scalelistedit" "";Invokes Scalelistedit command

("R" ;Reset Scale list

("Y" ; Yes

("E" ;Exit -Scalelist command

)

)

)

)

(princ)

The red quote marks seem to be your problem.....no need for them here,

and also the last closing parentheses was missing after (princ)

Thanks for that m8.

I thought you needed to put them on separate lines. me = brainmelt

Extra quotes AGAIN!! one day i'll get the hang of this . . . . I hope

Ok, fixed above two mentioned issues but now am getting this message

Command: scllstrst

-scalelistedit Enter option [?/Add/Delete/Reset/Exit] : ; error: bad

function: "E"

Enter option [?/Add/Delete/Reset/Exit] :

;Routine to reset -Scalelistedit in 1 command

;Written by P. Smith

(Defun c:SCLLSTRST () ;Define Function Name

(command "-scalelistedit" "r" "y" "e");Invokes Scalelistedit command

(princ)

)

this worked for me without a problem using the above

Thanks Feargt, do you want me to include you in the "written by" section of the code?

certainly not........I was only helping you out

certainly not........I was only helping you out

LOL, ok an thnks again

Skip,

If you have access to the vlide, in ACAD, click on the button as shown in my pic to test for unequal brackets, etc... Also, all the commands are colour coded so that you can tell if its a valid LISP command. - helps loads.

And don't worry about the first attempt - you should have seen my first attempt!

Putting them all on separate lines isn't such a big mistake - after all, script files use separate lines - it could be a common mistake.

But just as a pointer, if you are using a "(command "...." function, put everything in there and then close the bracket, like in feargt example.

i.e

(command "-layer" "M" "TEST" "C" "2" "TEST" "")

Hope this helps!

Cheers 4 that lee. i'll bear it in mind in future

Your welcome Skip, happy to help.

Good luck with your next LISP!