entmod, entupd doesn't work

I've substituted an item (1 . "") in a list but it doesn't get changed
after entmod and entupd.

The code;
(progn (setq el2 (subst (cons 1 ts1) (assoc 1 el2) el2)) (entmod el2)
(entupd (cdar el2)))


el2 before;

((-1 . <Entity name: 400a5488>) (0 . "ATTRIB") (330 . <Entity name:
400a5460>) (5 . "A8C1") (100 . "AcDbEntity") (67 . 0) (410 . "Model") (8 .
"0") (62 . 7) (100 . "AcDbText") (10 70875.0 59666.5 0.0) (40 . 180.0) (1 .
"") (50 . 0.0) (41 . 0.75) (51 . 0.0) (7 . "ISO") (71 . 0) (72 . 1) (11
70875.0 59756.5 0.0) (210 0.0 0.0 1.0) (100 . "AcDbAttribute") (2 . "GRP")
(70 . 0) (73 . 0) (74 . 2))

el2 after;

((-1 . <Entity name: 400a5488>) (0 . "ATTRIB") (330 . <Entity name:
400a5460>) (5 . "A8C1") (100 . "AcDbEntity") (67 . 0) (410 . "Model") (8 .
"0") (62 . 7) (100 . "AcDbText") (10 70875.0 59666.5 0.0) (40 . 180.0) (1 .
"2") (50 . 0.0) (41 . 0.75) (51 . 0.0) (7 . "ISO") (71 . 0) (72 . 1) (11
70875.0 59756.5 0.0) (210 0.0 0.0 1.0) (100 . "AcDbAttribute") (2 . "GRP")
(70 . 0) (73 . 0) (74 . 2))

(entmod el2) (entupd (cdar el2)) doesn't make a difference to the
drawing-dbase.
What am i doing wrong???

MJ

 

Hi Marcel

You've to 'entupd' the block object - not the attribute...

Cheers

 

Ofcourse! How stupid if me.

But strangely enought this sometimes did work!!

 

I have changed a list (el3) from this (see 1);

((-1 . <Entity name: 4009d918>) (0 . "ATTRIB") (330 . <Entity name:
4009d8f0>) (5 . "A753") (100 . "AcDbEntity") (67 . 0) (410 . "Model") (8 .
"0") (62 . 7) (6 . "Continuous") (100 . "AcDbText") (10 61724.1 55505.3 0.0)
(40 . 180.0) (1 . "3") (50 . 0.0) (41 . 0.75) (51 . 0.0) (7 . "ISO") (71 .
0) (72 . 4) (11 61774.1 55591.6 0.0) (210 0.0 0.0 1.0) (100 .
"AcDbAttribute") (2 . "GRP") (70 . 8) (73 . 0) (74 . 0))

to this (see 1 again);

((-1 . <Entity name: 4009d918>) (0 . "ATTRIB") (330 . <Entity name:
4009d8f0>) (5 . "A753") (100 . "AcDbEntity") (67 . 0) (410 . "Model") (8 .
"0") (62 . 7) (6 . "Continuous") (100 . "AcDbText") (10 61724.1 55505.3 0.0)
(40 . 180.0) (1 . "5") (50 . 0.0) (41 . 0.75) (51 . 0.0) (7 . "ISO") (71 .
0) (72 . 4) (11 61774.1 55591.6 0.0) (210 0.0 0.0 1.0) (100 .
"AcDbAttribute") (2 . "GRP") (70 . 8) (73 . 0) (74 . 0))

but (entmod el3) replies nil.

How can this be?

MJ

 

Marcel

Attribute on a locked Layer?....

Cheers