commands in scripts behave different

hi

im trying to create a button in the tool palatte to excute a script to freez all selected objects

^C^C-layer lo 

when typing its ok but as a script it doesnt excute the order.

any idea?

It doesn't look like you are trying to run a script. It looks like you are trying to execute a command. Do you know what a script is?

Wouldn't you be better off using the LAYFRZ command (which already exists)?

Wouldn't the LAYFRZ command be a better option?

layfrz wont let me window select objects

OK. But you are trying to create a macro not a script right?

OK. But you are trying to create a macro not a script right?

i was thinking its the same

its in the macro field of the tool palatte

Macros are not the same as scripts. From the AutoDesk Knowledge Network...

"A script is a text file with command or a script call on each line.

You create script files outside the program using a text editor text editor that saves in ASCII format (for example, Notepad on Windows or TextEdit on Mac OS). The file extension must be .scr.

Each line of a script contains a command, and each blank space in a script is significant because it is like pressing Enter or the Spacebar. You must be familiar with the sequence of prompts for a command to provide an appropriate sequence of responses in a script."

Come to think of it from the looks of the macro in your first post it appears you want to lock layers not freeze layers. There is a difference between the two.

hi

 

im trying to create a button in the tool palatte to excute a script to freez all selected objects

 

^C^C-layer lo 

 

when typing its ok but as a script it doesnt excute the order.

 

any idea?

Since you cannot freeze the current layer and it's not good practice to freeze layer 0 anyway I'd make layer 0 current first with a macro like:

-layer Set 0 Freeze 

The big advantage to using LAYFRZ is that it lists each layer it freezes giving you the chance to undo freezing one layer at a time or after exiting the command you can undo freezing the last group of layers frozen with the command.

Once again the OP says one thing in one place and something else in another.

He uses the work freeze in his sentence but clearly writes LO in the macro. No matter which one he wants to use he seems to be implying he cannot create a window around the objects he is interested in freezing/locking the layers of.

ok..sorry things got a bit messy

first' i ment lock and not freeze, sorry,

second, macro and script excutes just the same, the script excute everithing between the spaces and also the macro.

While they may execute the same they are not written the same which accounts for one of the differences between the two.

Are you familiar with the use of special characters in a macro like the underscore, semicolon, asterisk, and backslash?

hi

 

Trying to create a button in the tool palatte to excute a script to lock all selected object layers

 

^C^C-layer lo 

 

when typing its ok but as a script it doesn't execute the order.

 

any idea?

On the command line notice that the highlighted "LO" in "LOck" is capitalized for a reason. Try:

^C^C-layer LO 

or

^C^C-layer LOck 

As you can select options for the -Layer command many ways including picking them with the mouse on the command line or from the option list I just have the macro

^C^C-layer 

which comes in handy.

I doubt that "lo" actually has to be in caps in a macro as typing it in lower case letters does work at the command line.

For example, the macro below, for freezing all layers except the current one, works just fine using the lower case "f" for freeze.

^c^c_layer;f;*;;

put it simple

Command: -layer LO (enter)(enter) works great

Macro : ^C^C- -layer LO (space)(space)not working

That's correct. There are some commands that fail to work inside a command function like they do at the command line. I have no idea why that may be.

Why don't you just use the Layer Isolate command?

Or this lisp routine by forum member Stefan BMR...

Locks all layers except the current one.

isolate will lock unselected layers while i need to do the opposite

put it simple

 

Command: -layer LO (enter)(enter) works great

Macro : ^C^C- -layer LO (space)(space)not working

Try removing the ^C^C which is probably canceling the selection. Sorry I haven't tested any of these, just speculating!

-layer LOck

^C^C cancels any currently running command. I doubt it would cancel the ability to using a window as an option when the user is prompted to select objects.

Try removing the ^C^C which is probably canceling the selection. Sorry I haven't tested any of these, just speculating!

-layer LOck

no its not. typing in the commandline is not the same like excutuing the same in the macro,

autocad thinks

-layer LOck

is terminated after the macro ends while its not.

Tested this macro on selected lines:

^C^C^Pqaflags 1 -layer LOck;;P;;;qaflags 0

and it will lock the layers of preselected objects.