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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Basic Customization
- Overview of Customization
- Organize Program and Support Files
- Customize a Publish to Web Template
- Define Custom Commands
- Record and Modify Action Macros
- Custom Linetypes
- Custom Hatch Patterns
- User Interface Customization
- Understand User Interface Customization
- Work with the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor
- Create and Manage Customization Files
- Customize Commands
- Overview of Commands
- Create, Edit, and Reuse Commands
- Create Macros
- Overview of Macros
- Use Special Control Characters in Macros
- Pause for User Input in Macros
- Provide International Support in Macros
- Use Built-in Commands in Macros
- Repeat Commands in Macros
- Use Single Object Selection Mode in Macros
- Use Macros to Swap User Interface Elements
- Use Conditional Expressions in Macros
- Use AutoLISP in Macros
- Control the Display of Command Items
- Assign Search Tags
- Create Tooltips and Extended Help for Commands
- Create Status Line Help Messages
- Assign, Create, and Manage Images for Commands
- Customize User Interface Elements
- Load an AutoLISP File
- Customize Workspaces
- Transfer and Migrate Customization
- Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor FAQs
- DIESEL
- Slides and Command Scripts
- Introduction to Programming Interfaces
- Shapes and Shape Fonts
- Overview of Shape Files
- Create Shape Definition Files
- Shape Descriptions
- Vector Length and Direction Code
- Special Codes
- Use Special Codes
- Codes 0, 1, and 2: End of Shape and Draw Mode Control
- Codes 3 and 4: Size Control
- Codes 5 and 6: Location Save/Restore
- Code 7: Subshape
- Codes 8 and 9: X-Y Displacements
- Code 00A: Octant Arc
- Code 00B: Fractional Arc
- Codes 00C and 00D: Bulge-Specified Arcs
- Code 00E: Flag Vertical Text Command
- Text Font Descriptions
- Sample Files
- Big Font Descriptions
- Unicode Font Descriptions
- Superscripts and Subscripts in SHX Files
- Index
This syntax shows that the load function has two arguments: filename, which
is required, and onfailure, which is optional. When loading an AutoLISP file
at the command prompt, you typically supply only the filename argument.
The following example loads the AutoLISP file newfile.lsp.
Command: (load "newfile")
The .lsp extension is not required. This format works for any LSP file in the
current library path.
To load an AutoLISP file that is not in the library path, you must provide the
full path and file name as the filename argument.
Command: (load "d:/files/morelisp/newfile")
NOTE When specifying a directory path, you must use a slash (/) or two backslashes
(\\) as the separator, because a single backslash has a special meaning in AutoLISP.
See also:
■ Overview of File Organization on page 4
Quick Reference
Commands
APPLOAD
Loads and unloads applications and defines which applications to load at
startup.
Automatically Load and Run AutoLISP Routines
You can load AutoLISP routines each time you run AutoCAD. You can also
execute certain commands or functions at specific times during a drawing
session.
Overview of AutoLISP Automatic Loading
AutoCAD loads the contents of three user-definable files automatically: acad.lsp,
acaddoc.lsp, and the MNL file that accompanies your current customization
file. By default, the acad.lsp file is loaded only once, when AutoCAD starts,
whereas acaddoc.lsp is loaded with each individual document (or drawing).
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