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Write before (vla-put-textstring obj (vla-get-TextString obj)) this: (print (vla-get-TextString obj)), load it, run it and share a screenshot of what happened on the command line PS: Also make sure that you have closed all the parentheses in the Lisp expression.

((= otyp "MTEXT")(vla-put-TextString obj (supriFMT (vla-get-TextString obj)) ; error: incorrectly generated list at the entrance

The 'T' argument in the call to 'supriFMT' is unnecessary. That's why it returns 'too many arguments'. You should delete it. Find the line where you replaced LM:UnFormat with SupriFMT and notice there's a 'T': you should delete it.

(supriFMT (vla-get-TextString obj) T) becomes (supriFMT (vla-get-TextString obj) )

; UnFormat MText, MLeader, Table - strip formatting contol codes from texts ; ; based on Lee Mac's UnFormat string - www.lee-mac.com/unformatstring.html ; CAD Studio, 2018, www.cadstudio.cz www.cadforum.cz ; ; (vl-load-com) ;;-------------------=={ UnFormat String }==------------------;; ;; ;; ;; Returns a string with all MText formatting codes removed. ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Author: Lee Mac, Copyright © 2011 - www.lee-mac.com ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Arguments: ;; ;; str - String to Process ;; ;; mtx - MText Flag (T if string is for use in MText) ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Returns: String with formatting codes removed ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; (defun supriFMT (tx / rtx separa<->palabras) (defun separa<->palabras (tx lstCtrs / c p l) (foreach c (vl-string->list tx) (if (member (setq c (chr c)) lstCtrs) (if p (setq l (cons p l) p nil)) (setq p (if p (strcat p c) c)) ) ) (reverse (if p (cons p l) l)) ) (foreach v (separa<->palabras tx '(";" "{" "}" )) (if (not (wcmatch v "\\*")) (setq rtx (strcat (if rtx rtx "") (car (separa<->palabras v '("\\" ))))) ) ) ) (defun LM:UnFormat ( str mtx / _replace rx ) (defun _replace ( new old str ) (vlax-put-property rx 'pattern old) (vlax-invoke rx 'replace str new) ) (if (setq rx (vlax-get-or-create-object "VBScript.RegExp")) (progn (setq str (vl-catch-all-apply (function (lambda ( ) (vlax-put-property rx 'global actrue) (vlax-put-property rx 'multiline actrue) (vlax-put-property rx 'ignorecase acfalse) (foreach pair '( ("\032" . "\\\\\\\\") (" " . "\\\\P|\\n|\\t") ("$1" . "\\\\(\\\\[ACcFfHLlOopQTW])|\\\\[ACcFfHLlOopQTW][^\\\\;]*;|\\\\[ACcFfHLlOopQTW]") ("$1$2/$3" . "([^\\\\])\\\\S([^;]*)[/#\\^]([^;]*);") ("$1$2" . "\\\\(\\\\S)|[\\\\](})|}") ("$1" . "[\\\\]({)|{") ) (setq str (_replace (car pair) (cdr pair) str)) ) (if mtx (_replace "\\\\" "\032" (_replace "\\$1$2$3" "(\\\\[ACcFfHLlOoPpQSTW])|({)|(})" str)) (_replace "\\" "\032" str) ) ) ) ) ) (vlax-release-object rx) (if (null (vl-catch-all-error-p str)) str ) ) ) ) ;----------------- (defun doUnformatTable (table / rowCounter colCounter) (setq rowCounter (vla-Get-Rows table)) (repeat rowCounter (setq rowCounter (1- rowCounter)) (setq colCounter (vla-Get-Columns table)) (repeat colCounter (setq colCounter (1- colCounter)) (setq cellType (vla-GetCellType table rowCounter colCounter)) (if (= cellType acTextCell)(progn (setq cellText (vla-GetText table rowCounter colCounter)) (if (/= cellText "") (vla-SetText table rowCounter colCounter (LM:UnFormat cellText T))) )) ) ; rep ) ; rep ) (defun c:UNFORMAT_FMT (/ ss ssl cnt en xxobj otyp txr ntx) (princ "\nSelect MTEXTs/DIMENSIONs/MLEADERs/TABLEs: ") (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "MTEXT,DIMENSION,MULTILEADER,ACAD_TABLE")))) (if (and ss (> (setq ssl (sslength ss)) 0))(progn (setq cnt 0) (repeat ssl ; (setq en (ssname ss cnt)) (setq en (ssname ss cnt)) ex en ;? (setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object en)) (setq otyp (cdr (assoc 0 (entget en)))) ; (vla-get-objectname obj)) (cond ((= otyp "MTEXT")(vla-put-TextString obj (supriFMT (vla-get-TextString obj) T))) ; AcDbMText ((= otyp "DIMENSION")(vla-put-TextOverride obj (LM:UnFormat (vla-get-TextOverride obj) T))) ; AcDbRotatedDimension, AcDbAlignedDimension ((= otyp "MULTILEADER")(vla-put-TextString obj(LM:UnFormat (vla-get-TextString obj) T))) ; AcDbMLeader ((= otyp "ACAD_TABLE")(doUnformatTable obj)) ; AcDbTable ) (setq cnt (1+ cnt)) ) ;rep ) (princ "\nNothing selected!") ) ;if (princ) ) (princ "\nUNFORMAT loaded.") (princ) error: too many arguments ???

PS: You should also remove the T argument from the call to 'supriFMT'.

I don't know if the format used in the other LM:UnFormat objects is the same as in MTEXT. Therefore, this function is, in principle, only valid for MTEXT.

Paste this function into your code. (defun supriFMT (tx / rtx separa<->palabras) (defun separa<->palabras (tx lstCtrs / c p l) (foreach c (vl-string->list tx) (if (member (setq c (chr c)) lstCtrs) (if p (setq l (cons p l) p nil)) (setq p (if p (strcat p c) c)) ) ) (reverse (if p (cons p l) l)) ) (foreach v (separa<->palabras tx '(";" "{" "}" )) (if (not (wcmatch v "\\*")) (setq rtx (strcat (if rtx rtx "") (car (separa<->palabras v '("\\" ))))) ) ) ) Then replace 'LM:UnFormat' with 'supriFMT' inside the '((= otyp "MTEXT")' clause.

I added a prefix to all my lisp e.g. LE-XXXx. So when I type LE- all my lisps load and can still have the full name LE-SetMyTopo. I try to categorise lisps based on function. LE-SetMyXXX, LE-FixMyXXX, LE-Draw, LE-ModXXXX

If I reset the AutoCAD settings to the default values and then add my custom settings again, will the error happen again? It doesn't seem to me to be related to user settings. I use a lot of codes, and they all work flawlessly.

Thank you so much! Managed to create a dropdown list that you select between existing and proposed and sets a variable to "Existing" or "Proposed" and amended the lisp to read the Global Variable! This is so handy, but feels it can be a pain to maintain but definitely sped up my workflow thank you!

No, empty texts again...

So we can force the height to be something like this - just as an example for your sample drawings above, see if it makes your text visible again (defun c:UNFORMAT ( / ss ssl cnt en xxobj otyp txr ntx MyText) ;;;;;;;;;;;;; mAssoc;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (defun mAssoc ( key lst / result ) ;; Lee Mac (foreach x lst (if (= key (car x)) (setq result (cons (cdr x) result)) ) ) (reverse result) ) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; UnFormat MText, MLeader, Table - strip formatting contol codes from texts ; ; based on Lee Mac's UnFormat string - www.lee-mac.com/unformatstring.html ; CAD Studio, 2018, www.cadstudio.cz www.cadforum.cz ; ; (vl-load-com) ;;-------------------=={ UnFormat String }==------------------;; ;; ;; ;; Returns a string with all MText formatting codes removed. ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Author: Lee Mac, Copyright © 2011 - www.lee-mac.com ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Arguments: ;; ;; str - String to Process ;; ;; mtx - MText Flag (T if string is for use in MText) ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Returns: String with formatting codes removed ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;;SP ASSUMING LEE MAC PART WORKS. IT USUALLY DOES. (defun LM:UnFormat ( str mtx / _replace rx ) (defun _replace ( new old str ) (vlax-put-property rx 'pattern old) (vlax-invoke rx 'replace str new) ) (if (setq rx (vlax-get-or-create-object "VBScript.RegExp")) (progn (setq str (vl-catch-all-apply (function (lambda ( ) (vlax-put-property rx 'global actrue) (vlax-put-property rx 'multiline actrue) (vlax-put-property rx 'ignorecase acfalse) (foreach pair '( ("\032" . "\\\\\\\\") (" " . "\\\\P|\\n|\\t") ("$1" . "\\\\(\\\\[ACcFfHLlOopQTW])|\\\\[ACcFfHLlOopQTW][^\\\\;]*;|\\\\[ACcFfHLlOopQTW]") ("$1$2/$3" . "([^\\\\])\\\\S([^;]*)[/#\\^]([^;]*);") ("$1$2" . "\\\\(\\\\S)|[\\\\](})|}") ("$1" . "[\\\\]({)|{") ) (setq str (_replace (car pair) (cdr pair) str)) ) (if mtx (_replace "\\\\" "\032" (_replace "\\$1$2$3" "(\\\\[ACcFfHLlOoPpQSTW])|({)|(})" str)) (_replace "\\" "\032" str) ) ) ) ) ) (vlax-release-object rx) (if (null (vl-catch-all-error-p str)) str ) ) ) ) ;; End LM:Unformat ;----------------- ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (defun doUnformatTable (table / rowCounter colCounter) (setq rowCounter (vla-Get-Rows table)) (repeat rowCounter (setq rowCounter (1- rowCounter)) (setq colCounter (vla-Get-Columns table)) (repeat colCounter (setq colCounter (1- colCounter)) (setq cellType (vla-GetCellType table rowCounter colCounter)) (if (= cellType acTextCell)(progn (setq cellText (vla-GetText table rowCounter colCounter)) (if (/= cellText "") (vla-SetText table rowCounter colCounter (LM:UnFormat cellText T))) )) ; end if, end if ) ; rep ) ; rep ) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; End Sub routines (princ "\nSelect MTEXTs/DIMENSIONs/MLEADERs/TABLEs: ") (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "MTEXT,DIMENSION,MULTILEADER,ACAD_TABLE")))) (if ss (progn (setq acount 0) (while (< acount (sslength ss)) (setq ed (ssname ss acount)) (if (or (equal (assoc 0 (entget ed)) '(0 . "MTEXT")) (equal (assoc 0 (entget ed)) '(0 . "DIMENSION")) (equal (assoc 0 (entget ed)) '(0 . "MULTILEADER")) ) ; endor (progn (setq Mytexts (mAssoc 1 (entget ed))) (foreach n Mytexts (entmod (subst (cons 1 (lm:Unformat n T)) (cons 1 n) (entget ed)) ) ) (setq Mytexts (mAssoc 3 (entget ed))) ;; extend mtexts (foreach n Mytexts (entmod (subst (cons 3 (lm:Unformat n T)) (cons 3 n) (entget ed)) ) ) (setq Mytexts (mAssoc 40 (entget ed))) ;; extend mtexts (foreach n Mytexts (entmod (subst (cons 40 25) (cons 40 n) (entget ed)) ) ) ) ; end progn mtext (progn ; tables ((= otyp "ACAD_TABLE")(doUnformatTable (vlax-ename->vla-object ed))) ; AcDbTable ) ) (setq acount (+ acount 1)) ) ; end while ) ; end progn, ss ) ; end if ss )

Did you reset AutoCAD to defaults as I suggested a long time ago?

@Steven PYour assumption is correct.However, it is not possible to highlight the text using a frame. You can only use the keyboard shortcut ctrl A. But the content of the texts is not displayed in the properties... This means that the texts are not deleted, but are transformed into empty text objects. If you call the Purge command, the "Delete empty texts" function becomes active.

Just a thought then, has the text gone really really small so you cannot see it at that zoom level? Some fonts when you change them do that. "select" "all" should find them if they are like that

@GLAVCVS Maybe you're right about the fonts. If you replace the font in the text editor with Standard or Arial, the text will remain without control codes.

The following text is output to the command line: {\fISOCPEUR|b0|i0|c204|p34;This code does not work in Autocad 2021 (localized version), the selected MText is being deleted.} {\Fsimplex|c204;This code does not work in Autocad 2021 (localized version), the selected MText is being deleted.} 2

Try this, taking away the text modification part: It should put the original text + format codes one one command line, and the next unformatted, see if it gets that far. It won't change any of the drawing. (defun c:UNFORMAT ( / ss ssl cnt en xxobj otyp txr ntx MyText) ;;;;;;;;;;;;; mAssoc;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (defun mAssoc ( key lst / result ) ;; Lee Mac (foreach x lst (if (= key (car x)) (setq result (cons (cdr x) result)) ) ) (reverse result) ) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; UnFormat MText, MLeader, Table - strip formatting contol codes from texts ; ; based on Lee Mac's UnFormat string - www.lee-mac.com/unformatstring.html ; CAD Studio, 2018, www.cadstudio.cz www.cadforum.cz ; ; (vl-load-com) ;;-------------------=={ UnFormat String }==------------------;; ;; ;; ;; Returns a string with all MText formatting codes removed. ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Author: Lee Mac, Copyright © 2011 - www.lee-mac.com ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Arguments: ;; ;; str - String to Process ;; ;; mtx - MText Flag (T if string is for use in MText) ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Returns: String with formatting codes removed ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;;SP ASSUMING LEE MAC PART WORKS. IT USUALLY DOES. (defun LM:UnFormat ( str mtx / _replace rx ) (defun _replace ( new old str ) (vlax-put-property rx 'pattern old) (vlax-invoke rx 'replace str new) ) (if (setq rx (vlax-get-or-create-object "VBScript.RegExp")) (progn (setq str (vl-catch-all-apply (function (lambda ( ) (vlax-put-property rx 'global actrue) (vlax-put-property rx 'multiline actrue) (vlax-put-property rx 'ignorecase acfalse) (foreach pair '( ("\032" . "\\\\\\\\") (" " . "\\\\P|\\n|\\t") ("$1" . "\\\\(\\\\[ACcFfHLlOopQTW])|\\\\[ACcFfHLlOopQTW][^\\\\;]*;|\\\\[ACcFfHLlOopQTW]") ("$1$2/$3" . "([^\\\\])\\\\S([^;]*)[/#\\^]([^;]*);") ("$1$2" . "\\\\(\\\\S)|[\\\\](})|}") ("$1" . "[\\\\]({)|{") ) (setq str (_replace (car pair) (cdr pair) str)) ) (if mtx (_replace "\\\\" "\032" (_replace "\\$1$2$3" "(\\\\[ACcFfHLlOoPpQSTW])|({)|(})" str)) (_replace "\\" "\032" str) ) ) ) ) ) (vlax-release-object rx) (if (null (vl-catch-all-error-p str)) str ) ) ) ) ;; End LM:Unformat ;----------------- ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (defun doUnformatTable (table / rowCounter colCounter) (setq rowCounter (vla-Get-Rows table)) (repeat rowCounter (setq rowCounter (1- rowCounter)) (setq colCounter (vla-Get-Columns table)) (repeat colCounter (setq colCounter (1- colCounter)) (setq cellType (vla-GetCellType table rowCounter colCounter)) (if (= cellType acTextCell)(progn (setq cellText (vla-GetText table rowCounter colCounter)) (if (/= cellText "") (vla-SetText table rowCounter colCounter (LM:UnFormat cellText T))) )) ; end if, end if ) ; rep ) ; rep ) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; End Sub routines (princ "\nSelect MTEXTs/DIMENSIONs/MLEADERs/TABLEs: ") (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "MTEXT,DIMENSION,MULTILEADER,ACAD_TABLE")))) (if ss (progn (setq acount 0) (while (< acount (sslength ss)) (setq ed (ssname ss acount)) (if (or (equal (assoc 0 (entget ed)) '(0 . "MTEXT")) (equal (assoc 0 (entget ed)) '(0 . "DIMENSION")) (equal (assoc 0 (entget ed)) '(0 . "MULTILEADER")) ) ; endor (progn (setq Mytexts (mAssoc 1 (entget ed))) (foreach n Mytexts ;; (entmod (subst (cons 1 (lm:Unformat n T)) (cons 1 n) (entget ed)) ) (princ "\n")(princ "\n")(princ n)(princ "\n")(princ (lm:Unformat n T)) ) ;; (setq Mytexts (mAssoc 3 (entget ed))) ;; extend mtexts ;; (foreach n Mytexts ;; (entmod (subst (cons 3 (lm:Unformat n T)) (cons 3 n) (entget ed)) ) ;; ) ) ; end progn mtext (progn ; tables ((= otyp "ACAD_TABLE")(doUnformatTable (vlax-ename->vla-object ed))) ; AcDbTable ) ) (setq acount (+ acount 1)) ) ; end while ) ; end progn, ss ) ; end if ss )

There is no problem with fonts. I can't understand why this UNFORMAT.lsp works for me in Autocad 2019, but not in Autocad 2021. I have another code that works in Autocad 2021, but it has slightly fewer functions. ;; UNFORMAT.LSP (c)2003, John F. Uhden, Cadlantic/CADvantage ;; v1.0 (04-01-03) ;; Removes MTEXT formatting with option to retain the "\\P" LineFeeds ;; ;; Rev. (05-09-05) (defun C:UNFORMAT_W ( / vars vals ss i e ans KeepLF) ;; v2.0 (3-15-2023) added MLeaders to qualified objects (gc) (vl-load-com) (prompt "\nUNFORMAT.LSP v2.0 (c)2005-23, John F. Uhden") (or *acad* (setq *acad* (vlax-get-acad-object))) (or *doc* (setq *doc* (vla-get-ActiveDocument *acad*))) (defun *error* (error) (mapcar 'setvar vals vars) (vla-endundomark *doc*) (cond ((not error)) ((wcmatch (strcase error) "*QUIT*,*CANCEL*")) (1 (princ (strcat "\nERROR: " error)) ) ) (princ) ) ;;-------------------------------------------- ;; Intitialize drawing and program variables: ;; (setq vars '("cmdecho")) (setq vals (mapcar 'getvar vars)) (mapcar 'setvar vars '(0)) (vla-startundomark *doc*) (command ".expert" (getvar "expert")) ;; dummy command (defun @UnFormat (Mtext KeepLF / -Old -New -Tmp -Str) (cond ((= (type Mtext) 'VLA-Object)) ((= (type Mtext) 'Ename) (setq Mtext (vlax-ename->vla-object Mtext)) ) (1 (setq Mtext nil)) ) (if (= KeepLF 0)(setq KeepLF nil)) (and Mtext (or (= (vlax-get Mtext 'ObjectName) "AcDbMText") (= (vlax-get Mtext 'ObjectName) "AcDbMLeader") ) (setq Old (vlax-get Mtext 'TextString)) (setq Tmp Old) (setq New "") (while (/= Tmp "") (cond ((wcmatch (strcase (setq Str (substr Tmp 1 2))) "\\[\\{}`~]") (setq Tmp (substr Tmp 3) New (strcat New Str) ) ) ((wcmatch (substr Tmp 1 1) "[{}]") (setq Tmp (substr Tmp 2)) ) ((and KeepLF (wcmatch (strcase (substr Tmp 1 2)) "\\P")) (setq New (strcat New (substr Tmp 1 2)) Tmp (substr Tmp 3) ) ) ;; added "\n" (03-03-08) ((and KeepLF (wcmatch (strcase (substr Tmp 1 1)) "\N")) (setq New (strcat New (substr Tmp 1 1)) Tmp (substr Tmp 2) ) ) ((wcmatch (strcase (substr Tmp 1 2)) "\\[LOP]") (setq Tmp (substr Tmp 3)) ) ((wcmatch (strcase (substr Tmp 1 2)) "\\[ACFHQSTW]") (setq Tmp (substr Tmp (+ 2 (vl-string-search ";" Tmp)))) ) (1 (setq New (strcat New (substr Tmp 1 1)) Tmp (substr Tmp 2) ) ) ) ) (/= Old New) (not (vl-catch-all-error-p (vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-put (list Mtext 'TextString New) ) ) ) ) ) ;; Begin the action: (and (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "MTEXT,MULTILEADER")))) (or (initget "Yes No") 1) (or (setq ans (getkword "\nRetain line feeds? <Yes>/No: ")) (setq ans "Yes") ) (setq KeepLF (if (/= ans "Yes") 0 1)) (repeat (setq i (sslength ss)) (setq e (ssname ss (setq i (1- i)))) (@unformat e KeepLF) ) ) (*error* nil) ) (defun C:UF_W ()(C:UNFORMAT_W))

This is an interesting topic. I edited my code to recursively search any file loaded with 'load' at all nesting levels. Try it. However, reviewing your explanation of the problem, I checked the MTEXT entity lists and saw that it forces the font to change to ISOCTEUR or SIMPLEX. I don't think these fonts support Cyrillic. Perhaps for this reason, when trying to replace the codes, it returns an empty string, which AutoCAD interprets as deleting the MTEXT.

@Steven P thanks. I ran your code, but unfortunately the mtexts were deleted again.

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Edited: See if this works. I have put the other routines as sub routines (LM:Unformat and DoUnformatTable). Changed the text modifying about so it uses entmod instead of vla (personal preference) Try it and see if it works - if it does then the unformat part (Lee Macs) is working as expected (it usually does) and there is something you'll be wanting to look at in the code you added. (defun c:UNFORMAT ( / ss ssl cnt en xxobj otyp txr ntx MyText) ;;;;;;;;;;;;; mAssoc;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (defun mAssoc ( key lst / result ) ;; Lee Mac (foreach x lst (if (= key (car x)) (setq result (cons (cdr x) result)) ) ) (reverse result) ) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; UnFormat MText, MLeader, Table - strip formatting contol codes from texts ; ; based on Lee Mac's UnFormat string - www.lee-mac.com/unformatstring.html ; CAD Studio, 2018, www.cadstudio.cz www.cadforum.cz ; ; (vl-load-com) ;;-------------------=={ UnFormat String }==------------------;; ;; ;; ;; Returns a string with all MText formatting codes removed. ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Author: Lee Mac, Copyright © 2011 - www.lee-mac.com ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Arguments: ;; ;; str - String to Process ;; ;; mtx - MText Flag (T if string is for use in MText) ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Returns: String with formatting codes removed ;; ;;------------------------------------------------------------;; ;;SP ASSUMING LEE MAC PART WORKS. IT USUALLY DOES. (defun LM:UnFormat ( str mtx / _replace rx ) (defun _replace ( new old str ) (vlax-put-property rx 'pattern old) (vlax-invoke rx 'replace str new) ) (if (setq rx (vlax-get-or-create-object "VBScript.RegExp")) (progn (setq str (vl-catch-all-apply (function (lambda ( ) (vlax-put-property rx 'global actrue) (vlax-put-property rx 'multiline actrue) (vlax-put-property rx 'ignorecase acfalse) (foreach pair '( ("\032" . "\\\\\\\\") (" " . "\\\\P|\\n|\\t") ("$1" . "\\\\(\\\\[ACcFfHLlOopQTW])|\\\\[ACcFfHLlOopQTW][^\\\\;]*;|\\\\[ACcFfHLlOopQTW]") ("$1$2/$3" . "([^\\\\])\\\\S([^;]*)[/#\\^]([^;]*);") ("$1$2" . "\\\\(\\\\S)|[\\\\](})|}") ("$1" . "[\\\\]({)|{") ) (setq str (_replace (car pair) (cdr pair) str)) ) (if mtx (_replace "\\\\" "\032" (_replace "\\$1$2$3" "(\\\\[ACcFfHLlOoPpQSTW])|({)|(})" str)) (_replace "\\" "\032" str) ) ) ) ) ) (vlax-release-object rx) (if (null (vl-catch-all-error-p str)) str ) ) ) ) ;; End LM:Unformat ;----------------- ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (defun doUnformatTable (table / rowCounter colCounter) (setq rowCounter (vla-Get-Rows table)) (repeat rowCounter (setq rowCounter (1- rowCounter)) (setq colCounter (vla-Get-Columns table)) (repeat colCounter (setq colCounter (1- colCounter)) (setq cellType (vla-GetCellType table rowCounter colCounter)) (if (= cellType acTextCell)(progn (setq cellText (vla-GetText table rowCounter colCounter)) (if (/= cellText "") (vla-SetText table rowCounter colCounter (LM:UnFormat cellText T))) )) ; end if, end if ) ; rep ) ; rep ) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; End Sub routines (princ "\nSelect MTEXTs/DIMENSIONs/MLEADERs/TABLEs: ") (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "MTEXT,DIMENSION,MULTILEADER,ACAD_TABLE")))) (if ss (progn (setq acount 0) (while (< acount (sslength ss)) (setq ed (ssname ss acount)) (if (or (equal (assoc 0 (entget ed)) '(0 . "MTEXT")) (equal (assoc 0 (entget ed)) '(0 . "DIMENSION")) (equal (assoc 0 (entget ed)) '(0 . "MULTILEADER")) ) ; endor (progn (setq Mytexts (mAssoc 1 (entget ed))) (foreach n Mytexts (entmod (subst (cons 1 (lm:Unformat n T)) (cons 1 n) (entget ed)) ) ) (setq Mytexts (mAssoc 3 (entget ed))) ;; extend mtexts (foreach n Mytexts (entmod (subst (cons 3 (lm:Unformat n T)) (cons 3 n) (entget ed)) ) ) ) ; end progn mtext (progn ; tables ((= otyp "ACAD_TABLE")(doUnformatTable (vlax-ename->vla-object ed))) ; AcDbTable ) ) (setq acount (+ acount 1)) ) ; end while ) ; end progn, ss ) ; end if ss )

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