Running a macro for multiple drawings

[cyberdos]

Hello. I'm running ACAD Map 3D 2009. I have to run ONE custom macro on a number of drawings that are stored in a particular folder.

I'm not really familiar with LISP routines but can figure some of it out.

Basically all I need is to:
open
run custom macro
close
go on to next drawing.

Pretty simple. I just don't know how to write LISP.

Any help will be GREATLY appreciated.

[cyberdos]

I found this which is what I want to do

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showth...ht=batch+macro

but can't figure out how to make the lisp in the second post work.

[Patrick Hughes]

Cyberdos,

The code in the second post is not lisp, it is VBA (VisualBasic for Applications) and it would need to be compiled into a program.

What you want to do is run your macro from a SCRIPT. Do you have the macro written? I've heard mention of something that comes with AutoCAD called ScriptPro that might do what you want.

If that doesn't work for you I have a bonus feature in my CadTempo time tracking program that allows you to easily create a batch script for all files in a directory. It is a new feature and not documented as yet, if you give it a try I'll gladly walk you through the steps.

The 30 day free trial would give you plenty of time to get your job done.

[BIGAL]

I knew I had seen this question elsewhere in the last week Lee's post try this http://lee-mac.com/scriptwriter.html