Support File Search Paths - Adding Paths

I was wondering, is there a way to add new paths to the Support File Search
Paths in the Autocad Options dialog box, using Lisp?

TIA

Scott

 

Yes. Please look at this function: http://code.acadx.com/autolisp/003.htm

--
R. Robert Bell, MCSE
www.AcadX.com


| I was wondering, is there a way to add new paths to the Support File
Search
| Paths in the Autocad Options dialog box, using Lisp?
|
| TIA
|
| Scott
|
|

 

See the "Support Path" posted today by BobBuilder

 

(setq var (vlax-get (setq tmp (vlax-get (vlax-get (vlax-get-acad-object) "Preferences") "Files")) "SupportPath"))

Manipulate "var" as necessary then:
(vlax-put tmp "SupportPath" var)

 

Hi,

So I set tmp to "c:\\temp\\" and ran your code, and it returned var as a
list of all the directories entered as Support Directories. I then ran the
(vlax-put tmp "SupportPath" var) code, and I was told that "c:\\temp\\" is
not a valid vla-object. How do I go about making it a vla-object?

Thanks again for all of your input,

Scott

I have

(setq var (vlax-get (setq tmp (vlax-get (vlax-get (vlax-get-acad-object)
"Preferences") "Files")) "SupportPath"))

Manipulate "var" as necessary then:
(vlax-put tmp "SupportPath" var)

 

Read the code carefully.
"tmp" is the variable being set to the VLA-Object returned by (vlax-get (vlax-get (vlax-get-acad-object) "Preferences") "Files")
"var" is the variable that contains the current path

modify "var" to whatever you want, then run (vlax-put tmp "SupportPath" var)
.....Which in plain english ----"puts" the SupportPath "var" into "tmp" (remember tmp is the VLA-Object from above)

 

Ahh, I got it now, thanks again. I was just being dumb for a moment, sorry.

Scott

Read the code carefully.
"tmp" is the variable being set to the VLA-Object returned by (vlax-get
(vlax-get (vlax-get-acad-object) "Preferences") "Files")
"var" is the variable that contains the current path

modify "var" to whatever you want, then run (vlax-put tmp "SupportPath" var)
.....Which in plain english ----"puts" the SupportPath "var" into "tmp"
(remember tmp is the VLA-Object from above)

 

i was trying to make a setup programe to set my own system
environment, and i found out that the search path is stored in
the registry , which has the same formate of DOS search path, usually, it is "acad\support\;acad\;...;"
u can find it out using registry editor by running 'regedit.exe'
in Windows "RUN" dialog.
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