file not found error

I have the following line of code:

(setq dwgFile "V:\\Marketing\\Work Samples\\Sample AutoCAD Drawings\\SAMPLE-INDEX-A.1.dwg" )


I then go:

(vl-load-com)
(setq acadDoc (vlax-get-property (vlax-get-acad-object) 'Documents))
(vlax-invoke-method acadDoc 'Open dwgFile))

;;;
this gives me a file not found error.

If I use:
(setq dwgFile (getfiled "Select dwg file containing package list" "*" "dwg" 8))

; which makes the user manually locate the file on the network, then it will load and open properly.

Obviously, I do not want to have to make the user manually look for the file...so, what am I doing wrong when I set the variable? I have tried every possibility of \ ,\\, /, // that I can think of.

Thanks,

Elise Moss
www.mossdesigns.com

 

Check your path again. I just tried it using the same file name in a
different path and it worked fine.....

(setq dwgFile "C:\\Base Maps\\Jeffs Test
Files\\junk\\SAMPLE-INDEX-A.1.dwg" )

(setq acadDoc (vlax-get-property (vlax-get-acad-object) 'Documents))
(vlax-invoke-method acadDoc 'Open dwgFile)

 

You can add the path to your Support File Search Path in Options;Files.
Then:
(setq dwgFile (findfile "SAMPLE-INDEX-A.1.dwg"))

--
Bill DeShawn

http://my.sterling.net~bdeshawn

Drawings\\SAMPLE-INDEX-A.1.dwg" )

file...so, what am I doing wrong when I set the variable? I have tried
every possibility of \ ,\\, /, // that I can think of.

 

Is there a way to programmatically add the path to the support files list if the file is not found?

The reason I ask is that we will have mulitple users trying to locate these files and they may or may not have the paths set up in their support files options.