Topic: Do you want autocad speak ?

[terrycadd]

Here's a link that you might try to test for other free voices, to see if they will run on your system.
http://www.bytecool.com/voices.htm

[M-dub]

*bump*



Should have bumped it a few days ago, in preparation for April Fool's.

[Bob Wahr]

This takes me back.  I was doing some HD cleanup the outh day and deleted a bunch of the CV agent chat stuff.

[David Hall]

Mine wont work,
; error: no function definition: VLAX-CREATE-OBJECT

[T.Willey]

Mine wont work,
; error: no function definition: VLAX-CREATE-OBJECT

Do you have (vl-load-com) issued from anywhere?  You have to have this loaded once per session to use the ActiveX calls within lisp.

[David Hall]

I knew it was something simple

[T.Willey]

I knew it was something simple

Glad it was simple.  By the way, you can call (vl-load-com) as many times as you want with no performance loss, but it only needs to be called once.

[daron]

I knew it was something simple

Glad it was simple.  By the way, you can call (vl-load-com) as many times as you want with no performance loss, but it only needs to be called once.

Are you sure?
(while t (vl-load-com))

[T.Willey]

I knew it was something simple

Glad it was simple.  By the way, you can call (vl-load-com) as many times as you want with no performance loss, but it only needs to be called once.

Are you sure?
(while t (vl-load-com))

I stand corrected.  Good one Daron.

[TimSpangler]

How in the heck did I miss this thread???

Great one!

[David Hall]

(while t (vl-load-com))

seems to lock up my computer, ideas?

[T.Willey]

(while t (vl-load-com))

seems to lock up my computer, ideas?

Because it is always true, so it will keep issuing (vl-load-com).  Just do it once, no while loop, at the beginning of the code.

[daron]

It was a joke David. I was just toying with Tim's comment about being able to use (vl-load-com) as much as you want without performance loss. With that while loop, it will never finish executing the vl-load-com. You have performance loss from the get go, because it will eternally load or lock up as you experienced, never getting to the rest of the procedures.

[TimSpangler]

OK we can get autocad to speak but what about play tones.  I read in the a lisp programming book (not sure which one) that you can get autocad to beep. (or play sounds).

Anyone here know how this is possible.  (I cold get the example to work if I remember)  I also have beep on error turned off maybe that has something to do with it.

[David Hall]

It was a joke David. I was just toying with Tim's comment about being able to use (vl-load-com) as much as you want without performance loss. With that while loop, it will never finish executing the vl-load-com. You have performance loss from the get go, because it will eternally load or lock up as you experienced, never getting to the rest of the procedures.

I guess I should have read it a little closer.  For that matter, I should use LISP more