Topic: Autoload not working consistently?

[mkweaver]

Has anyone had problems with autoload not working consistently?

Yesterday I set some files up to autoload and today, about every second time I started Autocad I would have problems.  Even to the point of getting an error in VL.ARX on my way out of acad.  I finally removed the calls to Autoload and the problems went away.

Using Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2008 SP1

Mike

[CAB]

Not I, but I use Plain Vanilla 2K.

You double checked the syntax I assume?

[mkweaver]

Double and triple checked the syntax.  Initially I got a message that AutoLoad was not recognized.  I then restarted autocad and it worked, sporadically.

[Kerry]

Mike,
do you mean you're using the autoload functions [ for quasi demand loading ] <== I assume this
or you are trying to load the routines at startup ?

I'd be interested in seeing the code that fails .. 
where are you defining the autoloads ?

[mkweaver]

I have the autoload call in a file that is being loaded by Acad.lsp (acadlspasdoc = 1).  A typical call to the autoload function looked like this:

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(AutoLoad "Dimse"
  '("dse"     ;Dimension Suppress Extension lines
    "dsa"     ;Dimension Suppress Arrows
    "dsh"     ;Dimension Stack Horizontal toggle
    "dino"     ;Dimension INches Only toggle
    "dwd"     ;Dimension Width Dynamic
    "dth"     ;Dimension Text Horizontal toggle
    "dref"     ;Dimension REFerence Adds / Removes parenthesis from the dimension text
    "dsro"     ;Dimension suffix RO (Rough Opening)
    "dspm"     ;Dimension Suffix Plus/Minus Adds %%p to the dimension suffix
    )
  )

[CAB]

Mike,
Looks good to me.
At this point I would use the shot gun approach.
Move the autoload to the ACADdoc.lsp
Remove all but one command (AutoLoad "Dimse" '("dse"))

If that works, work your way back.