open and save going to command prompt

[dirtlegg]

My civil 3d all of a sudden is not browsing with explorer when i use the open or save command...it goes to the command prompt and wants me to type the path in...anyone know what is going on???

[Tyke]

Set the System Variable FILEDIA to 1.

[dirtlegg]

Thank you!! Where can I find a library of these System Variables??

[Tyke]

In Express Tools > System Variables

[ReMark]

You can obtain a list of all the variables and what their current settings are by running vars2scr at the command line. This will write a script file (give it a recognizable name) with the file extension .scr to your hard drive at a location (folder/desktop/other) that you specify. This script file can be run in the future to reset your system variables.

[rkmcswain]

Thank you!! Where can I find a library of these System Variables??

 

In HELP.

Start Here: http://exchange.autodesk.com/autocad/enu/online-help/browse#WSfacf1429558a55de6d0beb1006696e53b-6076.htm

[Emigrato]

Sometimes "Filedia" must stay set to 0, for instance during a script routine.

As an undocumented feature, you can pop up the normal GUI window, issueing ~ at the prompt.

 

[rkmcswain]

In Express Tools > System Variables

 

You can obtain a list of all the variables and what their current settings are by running vars2scr at the command line

 

In most cases, these will suffice. But both of these methods omit some variables.

The former uses a file, "sysvdlg.dat" to populate the dialog, and I'm not sure about the latter, but it is incomplete too.

 

Another source that I believe to be complete is here:

http://www.hyperpics.com/system_variables/index.asp

[ReMark]

What about using acadinfo.lsp instead although it does contain way more additional information than most users (99.9%?) might ever need?