lisp routine?

I'm super new to this stuff, so bear with me...

is this a lisp routine?

(defun C:fe ()
(vl-Load-Com)
(vl-Catch-All-Apply '(lambda ()
(vla-Remove
(vla-GetExtensionDictionary
(vla-Get-Layers
(vla-Get -ActiveDocument
(vlax-Get-Acad-Object)))) "ACAD_LAYERFILTERS")))
(princ "\nAll layer filters have been deleted.")
(princ)
)

evidently I can use this to clear out Layer Filters......
the problem is I don't know how to use it.

could someone explain it to me please?
I have searched extensively on the newsgroups and in the help topics and cannot figure it out.

thanks.-AS

 

Just use 'appload' to load it.

Then type the name 'FE' at the command prompt.

If it doesn't activate, then it would have to be compiled as a VLX, but from
the looks of it, it doesn't.
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Yes, that's lisp.You can run it by typing FE at the command prompt, but it
must be loaded first. The easiest way is to use the APPLOAD command, browse
to the file, and select it. You'll need to load it again in each
drawingwhere you need it, or you can use the APPLOAD startup suite to have
it automatically loaded in each drawing.

 

AS,

Make a new text file, call it "LayFilterDelete.lsp". Once you made that, then copy/paste the code into you new ".lsp" (lisp) file. After you have done this, open acad (or go to if already open). At the command line type "appload" (command to load lisp files and other program files into the current autocad drawing). Now find the lisp routine file and hit ok. After it has loaded you type "fe".

If you want it to load in all your drawings then when you in the "appload" dialoag area, in the lower right hand side there is a thing called "startup suite". Click on the "contents" button and add your lisp file to it. If you do it this way then all you have to do is type "fe" at the command line when you want to use.

Hope that helps
Tim

 

thanks so much!

maybe I can make use of some of these "tricks" now

 

If you place this code in a .lsp file that is saved somewhere in your AutoCAD search path (as "fe.lsp" for example), typing:

(load "fe.lsp")

on the command line is faster than going through the appload dialog. But using the Startup Suite in the appload dialog is nice if you want it available in every AutoCAD session.