StripMText LISP not working

[dsibbo]

Hi Guys,

 

Can anyone tell me why the STRIPMTEXT lisp no longer works.

 

I've loaded it into my drawing through the APPLOAD command.

 

I've executed the Stripmtext command but once I've select the settings I want and press OK I get this message

This is the lisp

 

StripMtext v5-0c.lsp

[ReMark]

I just tested the StripMText lisp routine and it worked.

 

For anyone interested in learning a little bit more about the routine follow this link....https://cadabyss.wordpress.com/

[Tharwat]

Copy and paste the following to your command line then run the StripMtext program. Will it work?

 

(vl-load-com)

[ReMark]

I could run the program without the need for that line. What's the difference between AutoCAD 2014 and 2017 that accounts for that?

[Tharwat]

No difference but that error comes from Active-X functions when the library of functions hasn't been loaded in prior.

vl-load-com

[ReMark]

I see. OK. Thanks.

[Tharwat]

My pleasure.

[dsibbo]

I copied the (vl-load-com) into the command line. executed that. (nothing happened)

 

Then I run the Stripmtext command again but I get the same error message.

 

This LISP always worked in earlier versions but with 2017 it hasn't worked.

[ReMark]

Don't blame 2017. That's the version of AutoCAD I tested the lisp routine in yesterday and it worked just fine.

[Tharwat]

I also agree with Remark is that the program has nothing to fail with in AutoCAD 2017.

 

Confirmation:

[dsibbo]

AutoCAD LISP

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/screencast/Main/Details/f748597a-d90e-42d8-a9f4-74f5691fa80d.html

 

In that case does anyone have a solution at what may be causing the problem?

 

I have downloaded a fresh copy of the LISP in case my one was corrupt but I still have the same issue.

[tombu]

The error shown on your screen means (vl-load-com) has not been loaded.

If you ran it before running StripMText then there's a problem with your visual lisp install. You can run basic lisp, but no visual lisp code without it.

Sorry,

 

Checked and (vl-load-com) is in StripMText so with a proper install you shouldn't even need to run it separately.

[William]

Actualmente uso el autocad 2021, y este lips no me funciona, alguno de ustedes me podría indicar si realmente es por la versión autocad

 

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Translation...Currently I use the autocad 2021, and this lisp does not work for me, some of you could tell me if it really is for the autocad version

 

Edited August 11, 2020 by SLW210
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[tombu]

Due to the support of Unicode, StripMtext requires the LISPSYS sysvar to be set to 0 to work with A2021 (iow, keep the VLIDE as default IDE).

http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=55929.msg599417#msg599417

[troggarf]

I had this issue or something along the lines of this issue at my old employer...

I was not able to use any VL or VLA Visual lisp code whenever I had a windows update and/or something was going on with our antivirus program. It would unregister the visual lisp component in my CAD. I entered many requests for support from Autodesk and they said that it was something on my end that was causing this and that the only way to "fix" it was to reinstall CAD.

I was able to use pure AutoLISP but no visual lisp code. Are you able to use AutoLISP code yet couldn't use visual lisp programs?

 

I hope that this isn't the case for you...

~Greg

[BIGAL]

if you google missing (vl-load-com) or similar, load something like appload vl.....arx this loads the VL module the other way is that you Regedit as it has the incorrect detail for loading the Vl arx. Doing the reinstall resets these and normally fixes.

 

Possible fix