no file open window

[ledo]

hi..

I'm using Autocad 2002 but somehow he doesn't open a window to browse for files anymore if I click on file open or save as..

he's jsut starting a command line process asking me where to save or what file to open..

is that a windows based error is is jsut a setting in autocad?

help would be great

[Dommy2Hotty]

Command: filedia

Enter new value for FILEDIA <0>&#58; 1

Command&#58; cmddia

Enter new value for CMDDIA <0>&#58; 1

EDIT: Also, if faced with that situation, typing " ~ " (no quotes) and hitting enter for the file name will force the dialog box. Then after you open your drawing, you can reset the variables instead of having to cancel the open command.

[ledo]

ok.. thx.. first, the "~" worked..
and second, changing the variables for FILEDIA and CMDDIA worked, too.

But why should I change 'em back?

[Dommy2Hotty]

But why should I change 'em back?

What do you mean by changing them back? For variable settings, 1 means on and 0 means off.

Filedia = File Dialog Box
Cmddia = Command Dialog Box

What I had you do was change the variables to 1 in order to turn them on. More than likely, a lisp file turned them off and either A) didn't turn them back on, or B) was cancelled by the user and didn't have any error trapping coded.

Those two variables should be set to 1 for normal use.

[WannaBeCader]

Maybe by change it back they are thinking those where the original settings since that person prob never changed them. I had the same prob @ work. Think there may have been a lisp that changed it. Heck of a to start the morning though