Topic: Plot Style Search Path

[jbuzbee]

Plot Style Search Path - so this can't be set programatically?  that sucks.

I have this bit of code in a mnl file so that once the menu is loaded it sets some stuff up:

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;;; setup search and plotter paths
;;; then menu has just been loaded
(progn
 
(if (menugroup "kb00")
   (progn
     (setq menuLocation (vla-get-MenuFileName (vla-item(vla-get-menugroups(vlax-get-acad-object))"kb00"))
   filelist (vla-get-SupportPath
  (vla-get-files (vla-get-Preferences (vlax-get-acad-object)))
  )
   )
     (if (vl-string-search "kb0018" filelist)
       (princ "\nPath exists")
       (progn
(vlax-put
   (vla-get-files (vla-get-Preferences (vlax-get-acad-object)))
   'SupportPath
   (strcat filelist ";" (vl-string-right-trim "\\kb0018.cui" menuLocation))
   )
)
       )
     (kb:STARTUP)
     )
   )
  (setq menuLocation nil
filelist nil)
  )
(kb:Startup) is defined above this bit.

[ronjonp]

I think you need to use vla-put-printerstylesheetpath.

[jbuzbee]

I think that's for something else.  You can only have one path for the Plot Style files, .stb ' .ctb.  The help for that claims you can have multiple:

Use a semicolon [;] to separate multiple directories; however, do not end the string with a semicolon.

[ronjonp]

The code you have adds the menu path to the support paths...if you want that path to be where the plot styles are found use the suggestion above.

Like so:

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               (vlax-put (vla-get-files (vla-get-preferences (vlax-get-acad-object)))
                              'printerstylesheetpath
                              (vl-string-right-trim "\\kb0018.cui" menulocation)
                    )
I might just be completely missing the end result though.

[JohnK]

(vla-put-PrinterStyleSheetPath (vla-get-files (vla-get-Preferences (vlax-get-acad-object)))  "C:\\")

[ronjonp]

I think you need to use vla-put-PrinterStyleSheetPath 

[JohnK]

If i remember right; there will be a problem with spaces though.

[jbuzbee]

That did it!  Thanks!!!