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/showthread.php?28097-Open-Macro-Close-And-Then-Loop&highlight=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