Setting Current Page Setup in LISP

My office is transitioning from r14 to 2005 in one step. Our r14 drawings
obviusoly don't have page setups, which I can use the Batch Conversion tool
to import page setups into them. Is there a way I can also set one of the
page setups current through Lisp or scripting?

Problem at this point, is that users are trying to use Publish, which wont
work when it encounters a file when there is a "Layout not Initialized",
meaning no page setup has been set current for that DWG.

TIA,

Scott

 

Hello, Scott!

For page 48x36 setup I use the script:

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(LOAD "DAPS.LSP")
DAPS
_.-LAYOUT
R

PS
(command "PSETUPIN" "4836.DWG" "*")
(command "-PLOT" "N" "PS" "FULL" "" "N" "Y" "N")
QSAVE
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DAPS.LSP is program by Aaron Cunningham:
http://discussion.autodesk.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3909981

4836.dwg - drawing with page setup for paper 48x36. That drawing has standard settings for plotting FULL, HALF and 11x17.
My office has script generator, but you can use freeware EZScriptPro - Own the best FREE script batcher available!! :
http://www.angelfire.com/clone/ezscript/
or ScriptPro from migration tool.

Maybe small modification of the script for EZScriptPro or ScriptPro is required


You wrote on Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:17:08 -0800:

SD> My office is transitioning from r14 to 2005 in one step. Our r14
SD> drawings obviusoly don't have page setups, which I can use the Batch
SD> Conversion tool to import page setups into them. Is there a way I can
SD> also set one of the page setups current through Lisp or scripting?

SD> Problem at this point, is that users are trying to use Publish, which
SD> wont work when it encounters a file when there is a "Layout not
SD> Initialized", meaning no page setup has been set current for that DWG.

SD> TIA,

SD> Scott


With best regards, Anatoliy Kurgan.