doslib.arx

hi
I have switched from AutoCAD 2000i to AutoCAD 2005.... in order to use my pervious blocks and customization I had to load my menus and a lisp file with my customized functions.
In my startup function I must load a file doslib??.arx depending on the version of my AutoCAD.
what is this file? does any body know? where can I get it ?
the command to load it is :

((>= (atoi (substr (getvar "acadver") 1 2)) 15)
(if (not (member "doslib2k.arx" (arx)))
(if (findfile "doslib2k.arx")
(arxload "doslib2k")
)
)
)
); doslib loaded...
;;; now load the program

 

DosLib is published by McNeel:
http://www.mcneel.com/doslib.htm
___

 

thank you very much. I downloaded the file and I could load it. however I have a code that will automatically load the doslib at the startup. I can't understand the first line of the code (cond
((= (atoi (substr (getvar "acadver") 1 2)) 14)

what are the numbers 12 and 14 stand for?

in order to modify it to acadver 2005 what should i do?

;;; first load the doslib library depending of the Acad vesion (14/2k)
(cond
((= (atoi (substr (getvar "acadver") 1 2)) 14)
(if (not (member "doslib14.arx" (arx)))
(if (findfile "doslib14.arx")
(arxload "doslib14")
)
)
)
((>= (atoi (substr (getvar "acadver") 1 2)) 15)
(if (not (member "doslib2k.arx" (arx)))
(if (findfile "doslib2k.arx")
(arxload "doslib2k")
)
)
)
)

 

((>= (atoi (substr (getvar "acadver") 1 2)) 15)
The above gets 1st 2 characters from (getvar "acadver"),
changes them to an integer, and checks if the integer is
greater than or = to '15'.
The 1 2 are part of the substr function..
e.g. (setq word "ABCDE")
(setq check (substr word 1 2)) .. echo's "AB"
The '1' tells substr where to begin fetching characters within
the string, and the '2' tells it how many characters to get.
The '15' above is version number for 2000 / 2000i
For R2005, use '16'

Bob

 

It's looking for tha ACAD version. i.e. "14".

(getvar "acadver") at the command prompt will tell you what version it is.

I have r2005 so:

Command: (getvar "acadver")
"16.1s (LMS Tech)"
so (substr (getvar "acadver") 1 4) would return "16.1".
Doslib2004 works in 2005 also.

Bill

 

So, your 'new' code looks like:

;;; first load the doslib library depending of the Acad vesion (14/2k/2004/2005)
(cond

((= (atoi (substr (getvar "acadver") 1 2)) 14); Ver 14
(if (not (member "doslib14.arx" (arx)))
(if (findfile "doslib14.arx")
(arxload "doslib14")
)
)
)

((= (atoi (substr (getvar "acadver") 1 2)) 15); Ver 2000/2000i
(if (not (member "doslib2k.arx" (arx)))
(if (findfile "doslib2k.arx")
(arxload "doslib2k")
)
)
)

((= (atoi (substr (getvar "acadver") 1 2)) 16); Ver 2004 or 2005
(if (not (member "doslib2004.arx" (arx)))
(if (findfile "doslib2004.arx")
(arxload "doslib2004")
)
)
)

); cond

Bob