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i have had a problem with autocad release 9 , when i enter the command (load
"setlayer" without closing the parenthesis,the autocad command prompt
changes to a "1" and i can no longer gain any control and i have to re-boot
the computer…which also means i lose any changes to the drawing since the
last save. Any sugestions??? from phil newell..(71401,3376.
Phil-
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The cryptic message that you get is AutoLisp's way of saying "Feed me!".
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It knows that it is short a paren- so type one (or more) in. Same problem
with lack of balancing quotes. It isn't hung, just give it a bunch of
quotes and parens and you'll be on your way.
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Good luck.
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Lansing Pugh
Authorized AutoCAD Dealer
Austin, Texas (512) 441-4666
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Lansing is correct, lisp is telling you it is missing one right paren. But
that can also happen if you forget to put in the second " quote.
Example
(load "chgtext)
— will give you
1>
— but you will have to type ") to exit back to the Command: prompt.
— lisp will then give you an error message.
— AND
(load "foobar")
— might give you
3>
— this means 3 parens are missing and that could be a combo of missing
— " quotes and ) right parens. If you type a ) and the number goes to
2>
— you are on the right track.
You need not reboot at all.
Jamie
Phil —
See Page 2, Section 1.2 "The AutoLISP Evaluator", of the AutoLISP
Programmer's Reference, which was shipped along with your program disks.
AutoLISP is indicating how many levels of parentheses remain
unclosed; that is, how many right parentheses you'll need to type to close
the expression.
— Brad
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Thanks for the help,as the saying goes….if at first you don't
succeed….read the instructions ——phil