Auto-insert of Diesel string

Hi All.......I tried this post in another group and got no
response.....maybe somebody here can help, please.........

I have need to insert a string of Diesel code by just pushing a button on a
toolbar. Iknow how to set up the button, and how to code in the macro, but
as soon as the macro seemy my "Dollar sign" leading off my Diesel string, it
just shuts down. I've tried various characters infront of the Dollarsign
but to no avail......if I leave the Dollarsign out, it reads the string
correctly..........my code presently starts off something like this:

rtext;D;$(getvar,"dwgname");

Any help to get it to "read" the Dollarsign would be appreciated, or another
way to get the Diesel string into the drawing "automatically".

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

For diesel the syntax would be $(getvar,dwgname)

Martin

 

You could try either a double back-slash(\\) or a single forward slash
(/) as the delimiter in paths.

I really don't understand what you're trying to do. I can't speak for
2004, but up to 2002 rtext was a full Autocad only function -- at least
it doesn't work on the LT2002 I run here -- so you should have lisp
available. Why does this need to be diesel?


Martin

 

Seems that I read somewhere that commands that access the DB directly need to be enclosed in
parentheses as in (rtext;D;$M=$(getvar,"dwgprefix"). In this, of course, I defer to Paul as he has
a much better handle on code than I.
R. Wink

 

I've tried various combinations of your suggested quotes around the entire
expression, and Martin's suggested slash and still cant get there.......the
macro just won't get past the backslash it finds in the path.......I need to
be able to change the backslash to another character for that "wait for user
input" function.......

Thanks much to both of you for your trying......

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

Purely of the top of my head - would altering the value of TEXTEVAL
affect this?

John B

johnbogie btinternet.com
Put the "at" in the gap.

 

Doesn't seem to.......I dunno what TEXTEVAL does, but I changed it from the
0 default to 1 (the only option) and didn't see any change in the operation
of the macro.....still stopped on the $ and/or waited for input on the \

Thanks for suggesting tho......

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3