What corruopts drawings to prevent Command Line Plotting

Dear All,
I have posted a file in Customer Files that is somehow corrupted that
recover will not fix.
2004 problem.
I have written some programs that we use at work that allows the user to
Plot and Wblock out drawings. For some reason these drawings when opened
can not be plotted using command line. I thought perhaps my program was the
culprit but I can not get command line plotting to work even if I am using
Vanilla autocad. If you do a plot via dialog box then come back to command
plotting it will then work. I get the same error I I try using Visual Lisp
to set the current Plotter name before my program gets to this point.
(COMMAND "-PLOT"
"Y"
CTAB
PLOT_ID
(COMMAND "-PLOT"
"Y"
""
????? ;PLOT_ID <<<<<<<<<AUTOCAD CRASHES HERE
PAPER
"INCHES"
ROT
"N"
"W"
(LIST (NTH 0 ULC) (NTH 1 LRC))
(LIST (NTH 0 LRC) (NTH 1 ULC))
(/ 1.0 SHTY_SCL)
"0,0"
"Y"
plotter_pin
"N"
"A"
"Y"
(STRCAT PLOT_DIR FILNAM)
"N"
"Y"

)
)

Any help would be greatly apreciated.

Thanks
Rodney

 

Guys, I really need some help on this one.
Apparently with 2004 when you wblock out files it some how corrupts the
database? This is crippling the most powerful fature that my software is
intended for.

 

I think I have run into this problem and if I remember right it was fixed in
AutoCAD 2005.

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Figures, we were forced to upgrade to 2004. Now we have pay for additional
ugrade to be able to do something that we were able to do with R2000.
Perhaps there is a patch that will fix this.

Thanks
Rodney

 

Look at it this way: You're going to be forced to
upgrade to AutoCAD 2005, regardless.

 

Tony,
All need to be able to do is catch or fix a problem before I command line
plot. The funny thing is that if you change the page set-up for the model
space tab before you try to command line plot the error is fixed.
I tryed using this method, but the results are the same.
(VL-LOAD-COM)
(VL-LOAD-COM)
(setq LayoutObj (vla-get-ActiveLayout
(vla-get-ActiveDocument
(vlax-get-acad-Object)
)
)
)
(vla-put-ConfigName
LayoutObj
"NONE"
)
What is the dialog based plot command doing? Is there some kind of vl error
handler that can step over the fatal error?

Thanks
Rodney
I agree that we will have to upgrade , but fatal errors should have patches.
I sale my own software, when my customer contacts me with a problem I fix it
ASAP and send it to them. I just was venting,

 

Luis,
Thanks for the help I will give this try.

Rodney

 

Luis,
This did not fix the problem.
This is the error that I get Via: "AutoCad Error-abort" alert box "Error
handler re-entered Existing Now
Error message at command line: ;error: Exception occurred: OEX0000001x

I know that I can copy and paste the data into a new file to get around
this, but from a risk/time stand point this is not an option. If I right
click on the model tab and change the page set-up this error somehow gets
fixed.

What I am searching for is a means to add somthing to my programs will do
the same thing as manualy going into the page set-up.
I am at my wits end so if you having any other ideas I would be greatly
apreciative.

Thanks
Rodney

 

You get a similar but error if you try to preview this drawing.
Interestingly enough r2000, does not have this problem.

Thanks
Rodney