CUSTOM MNU LOAD WICH WILL LOAD ALL OTHER CUSTOM FILES VIA MNL (HOW)

HOW CAN I LOAD MY ONE CUSTOM MNU FILE WHICH WILL LOAD ALL OF MY TOOLBARS AND PULLDOWNS AND VIA MY MNL LOAD AL OF MY CUSTOM LISP AND OTHER STUFF. I AM TRYING TO PASSABLY BE ABLE TO GO TO EACH MACHINE IN THE OFFICE AND REPLACE THE ACAD2005DOC.LSP OR THE ACAD.MNU WITH A NEW VERSION OF THAT FILE THAT CONTAINS SOME CALL TO DO ALL OF MY CUSTOM LOADING
SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS AUTOCAD THINKING

 

Do not modify Acad2005Doc.lsp and preferably neither Acad.mn*. Those files
are overwritten by Autodesk without warning. See TS21336 for more info.

Place all your customization in Custom.mn* files and AcadDoc.lsp as needed.
Use the MenuLoad command to load your custom menu, and all your
customization will be there every time you start AutoCAD.

--
R. Robert Bell


HOW CAN I LOAD MY ONE CUSTOM MNU FILE WHICH WILL LOAD ALL OF MY TOOLBARS AND
PULLDOWNS AND VIA MY MNL LOAD AL OF MY CUSTOM LISP AND OTHER STUFF. I AM
TRYING TO PASSABLY BE ABLE TO GO TO EACH MACHINE IN THE OFFICE AND REPLACE
THE ACAD2005DOC.LSP OR THE ACAD.MNU WITH A NEW VERSION OF THAT FILE THAT
CONTAINS SOME CALL TO DO ALL OF MY CUSTOM LOADING
SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS AUTOCAD THINKING

 

*BROKAW* typed them thar words:

| HOW CAN I LOAD MY ONE CUSTOM MNU FILE WHICH WILL LOAD ALL OF MY
| TOOLBARS AND PULLDOWNS AND VIA MY MNL LOAD AL OF MY CUSTOM LISP AND
| OTHER STUFF. I AM TRYING TO PASSABLY BE ABLE TO GO TO EACH MACHINE IN
| THE OFFICE AND REPLACE THE ACAD2005DOC.LSP OR THE ACAD.MNU WITH A NEW
| VERSION OF THAT FILE THAT CONTAINS SOME CALL TO DO ALL OF MY CUSTOM
| LOADING SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS AUTOCAD THINKING

What you are wanting to do is a great idea with all the wrong steps. First,
never mess with the original AutoCAD files. Second, never mess with the
original AutoCAD files. Is the file structure for menus the same as 2002?
If so, there is a great write up on how to do this here:

http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=81877

 

Just load it, make any other settings in options that you want, and export
that profile to a file. Import that arg file on another machine and set it
current and you're done.

It isn't neccessary to force a menu load every time Acad starts. Whatever
menu is loaded in your profile will load next time.

Don't mess with acad2005doc.lsp, make your own acaddoc.lsp instead.

It's better and easier to put your customizations in a partial menu instead
of altering the acad menu. In fact, it's good if you don't alter any
Acad-supplied file whatsoever. Make your customizations separate from the
standard install and your life will be much easier.

See http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=80817 for
more details. AUGI is also starting a series of articles this month which
make exactly the same point.

 

i don't want to use profiles because they may need to be updated at some point which will lose the users profile setup is there not a way to place a single string in one of the acad std. out of the box files thus sucking in all the custom stuff through that one load in the std. out of the box file and that load my custom mnu which will load my mnl and so on

 

Just perform the MenuLoad command to load your custom menu. Once it is
loaded, it will always load in that profile.

--
R. Robert Bell


i don't want to use profiles because they may need to be updated at some
point which will lose the users profile setup is there not a way to place a
single string in one of the acad std. out of the box files thus sucking in
all the custom stuff through that one load in the std. out of the box file
and that load my custom mnu which will load my mnl and so on

 

is there not a way to place a single string in one of the acad std. out of
the box files

Have you noticed that everybody who responded said to NOT do that? Read the
references we gave you, they're intended to save you time and effort.

I've used profiles for several years now to set up Acad on a couple of dozen
machines, and I don't know what you're worried about. I've never had a need
to change a profile, it's just how I make the initial installation easy.
Everybody's machine is set up the same at first. If they make changes they
want to "back up" they're free to export their settings to their own arg
file. If somebody's computer gets irreparably screwed up, as a last resort I
can always reset it to the intial setup profile, and at least I know it will
work.

If they've made personal changes to menus etc. without following all the
advice I've given them on how to back up and protect them, then shame on
them.

 

Once you get your files working.

Hopefully you have some kind of network at your office?

Place 1 copy of the files you need for your menus and point all of the
machines to that spot. This way when you feel like updating the files
you only do it once... also you can update them without interrupting
everyone else.

Rick

 

THANK YOU ALL IM NOT TRYING TO BE A PAIN BUT A GUY ONE IN A CONVERSATION AT A CONVENTION WAS TELL A GROUP OF HOW TO DO THIS AND IT JUST SOUNDS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE THANKS THOUGH

 

Everyone here is more than glad to help you but pleeze turn your caps lock off when posting. All caps is the same as YELLING and my head already hurts today.

Thanks

Bill

 

1) Make a folder for your menu related customizations. If you're going to
share them, it should be in a shared network location, which you can change
but is read-only for everyone else.

2) Put this folder first on your support file search path.

3) In the folder create a text file named custom.mns which has this as the
first line:

***MENUGROUP=CUSTOM

It can have any menu items you want, or none at all, but it must have this
first line. This will be your new partial menu.

4) Create a text file in the same folder named custom.mnl which has this at
the end:

(princ "\nCustom.mnl loaded.")
(princ)

It can have any (load) or (autoload) statements you want. This will
automatically load your custom lisps.

5) Place any custom lisps in the same folder.

6) Menuload the custom.mns. Use the menuload command, not the menu command.

This menu will reload automatically in every drawing, and the mnl will load
all your lisps.

7) In options, export this profile to an arg file.

8) On a new machine, import the profile and set it current. This will make
everything work.

9) Do not modify any file in the standard AutoCAD installation. It's not
necessary, and it's far easier to maintain your customizations separately.
You've been given several very detailed references on the best way to
customize AutoCAD.

 

And one more note...Don't shout!!!...

Just so you know, in case you didn't know. Using all CAPS is considered
shouting...

 

will autocad ALWAYS load custom.mnu if it exist no matter what?


"R. Robert Bell" <>
|>Do not modify Acad2005Doc.lsp and preferably neither Acad.mn*. Those files
|>are overwritten by Autodesk without warning. See TS21336 for more info.
|>
|>Place all your customization in Custom.mn* files and AcadDoc.lsp as needed.
|>Use the MenuLoad command to load your custom menu, and all your
|>customization will be there every time you start AutoCAD.


David

 

No.

You cannot run MenuLoad and load a menu that doesn't exist.

--
R. Robert Bell


will autocad ALWAYS load custom.mnu if it exist no matter what?


"R. Robert Bell" <>
|>Do not modify Acad2005Doc.lsp and preferably neither Acad.mn*. Those files
|>are overwritten by Autodesk without warning. See TS21336 for more info.
|>
|>Place all your customization in Custom.mn* files and AcadDoc.lsp as
needed.
|>Use the MenuLoad command to load your custom menu, and all your
|>customization will be there every time you start AutoCAD.


David

 

thats not what I asked.
If the menu exists, will it get autoladed like acad.lsp

"R. Robert Bell" <>
|>No.
|>
|>You cannot run MenuLoad and load a menu that doesn't exist.


David

 

Yes