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ACET help file
« on: October 19, 2007, 08:59:03 PM »
Anyone have the whole ACET help file including below functionc?
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ACET-ACAD-REFRESH
ACET-ACADREACTOR-ID-ADD
ACET-ACADREACTOR-ID-REMOVE
ACET-ACADREACTOR-ID-REMOVE-ALL
ACET-ACADREACTOR-ID-SWAP
ACET-ACADREACTOR-IDS-GET
ACET-ADDGBINEXPRESS
ACET-ALERT
ACET-ALT-VIEWPORT
ACET-ANGLE-EQUAL
ACET-ANGLE-FORMAT
ACET-APPID-DELETE
ACET-ARX-RE-LOAD
ACET-ARXLOAD-OR-BUST
ACET-AUTOLOAD
ACET-AUTOLOAD-APPLY
ACET-AUTOLOAD-EXEC
ACET-AUTOLOAD2
ACET-BLINK-AND-SHOW-OBJECT
ACET-BLOCK-MAKE-ANON
ACET-BLOCK-PURGE
ACET-BS-STRIP
ACET-CALC-BITLIST
ACET-CALC-ROUND
ACET-CALC-TAN
ACET-CMD-CHECK
ACET-CMD-EXIT
ACET-CURRENTVIEWPORT-ENAME
ACET-DCL-LIST-MAKE
ACET-DICT-ENAME
ACET-DICT-FILTER-MATCH
ACET-DICT-MAKE
ACET-DICT-NAME-LIST
ACET-DISABLED-COMMAND
ACET-DTOR
ACET-DXF
ACET-EDITOR-REACTOR-ADD
ACET-ELIST-ADD-DEFAULTS
ACET-ELIST-FILTER--4-MATCH
ACET-ELIST-FILTER-AND-MATCH
ACET-ELIST-FILTER-GC-MATCH
ACET-ELIST-FILTER-MATCH
ACET-ELIST-FILTER-NOT-MATCH
ACET-ELIST-FILTER-OR-MATCH
ACET-ENT-CURVEPOINTS
ACET-ENT-GEOMEXTENTS
ACET-ERROR
ACET-ERROR-INIT
ACET-ERROR-RESTORE
ACET-EXPLODE
ACET-FILE-ATTR
ACET-FILE-BACKUP
ACET-FILE-BACKUP-DELETE
ACET-FILE-BACKUP-RESTORE
ACET-FILE-CHDIR
ACET-FILE-COPY
ACET-FILE-CWD
ACET-FILE-DIR
ACET-FILE-FIND
ACET-FILE-FIND-FONT
ACET-FILE-FIND-IMAGE
ACET-FILE-FIND-ON-PATH
ACET-FILE-MKDIR
ACET-FILE-MOVE
ACET-FILE-OPEN
ACET-FILE-READDIALOG
ACET-FILE-REMOVE
ACET-FILE-RMDIR
ACET-FILE-SYSTIME-COMPARE
ACET-FILE-WRITEDIALOG
ACET-FILENAME-ACAD-ROOT
ACET-FILENAME-ASSOCIATED-APP
ACET-FILENAME-DIR-ON-PATH
ACET-FILENAME-DIRECTORY
ACET-FILENAME-EXT-REMOVE
ACET-FILENAME-EXTENSION
ACET-FILENAME-PATH-REMOVE
ACET-FILENAME-SUPPORTPATH-REMOVE
ACET-FILENAME-VALID
ACET-FULL-DWGNAME
ACET-GENERAL-PROPS-GET
ACET-GENERAL-PROPS-GET-PAIRS
ACET-GENERAL-PROPS-SET
ACET-GENERAL-PROPS-SET-PAIRS
ACET-GEOM-ANGLE-TO-ELLIPSEANGLE
ACET-GEOM-ANGLE-TRANS
ACET-GEOM-ARBITRARY-X
ACET-GEOM-ARC-3P-D-ANGLE
ACET-GEOM-ARC-BULGE
ACET-GEOM-ARC-CENTER
ACET-GEOM-ARC-D-ANGLE
ACET-GEOM-ARC-DELTA-ANGLE
ACET-GEOM-ARC-POINT-LIST
ACET-GEOM-CALC-ARC-ERROR
ACET-GEOM-CROSS-PRODUCT
ACET-GEOM-DELTA-VECTOR
ACET-GEOM-ELLIPSE-ARC-LIST
ACET-GEOM-ELLIPSE-POINT-AT-ANGLE
ACET-GEOM-ELLIPSE-POINT-AT-E-ANGLE
ACET-GEOM-ELLIPSE-POINT-LIST
ACET-GEOM-ELLIPSE-TO-PLINE
ACET-GEOM-ELLIPSEANGLE-TO-ANGLE
ACET-GEOM-EXTENTS
ACET-GEOM-IMAGE-BOUNDS
ACET-GEOM-IMAGE-CLIP-LIST
ACET-GEOM-INSERT-CLIP-LIST
ACET-GEOM-INSERT-POINT-LIST
ACET-GEOM-INTERSECTWITH
ACET-GEOM-IS-ARC
ACET-GEOM-LIST-EXTENTS
ACET-GEOM-LIST-FUZ
ACET-GEOM-M-TRANS
ACET-GEOM-MATRIX-TRANS
ACET-GEOM-MIDPOINT
ACET-GEOM-MTXTBOX
ACET-GEOM-OBJECT-END-POINTS
ACET-GEOM-OBJECT-FUZ
ACET-GEOM-OBJECT-NORMAL-VECTOR
ACET-GEOM-OBJECT-POINT-LIST
ACET-GEOM-OBJECT-Z-AXIS
ACET-GEOM-PIXEL-UNIT
ACET-GEOM-PLINE-ARC-INFO
ACET-GEOM-PLINE-POINT-LIST
ACET-GEOM-POINT-FUZ
ACET-GEOM-POINT-INSIDE
ACET-GEOM-POINT-ROTATE
ACET-GEOM-POINT-SCALE
ACET-GEOM-RECT-POINTS
ACET-GEOM-SELF-INTERSECT
ACET-GEOM-SPLINE-POINT-LIST
ACET-GEOM-SS-EXTENTS
ACET-GEOM-SS-EXTENTS-ACCURATE
ACET-GEOM-SS-EXTENTS-FAST
ACET-GEOM-TEXTBOX
ACET-GEOM-TRANS-IMAGE-TO-UCS
ACET-GEOM-TRANS-UCS-TO-IMAGE
ACET-GEOM-TXTBOX
ACET-GEOM-UNIT-VECTOR
ACET-GEOM-VECTOR-ADD
ACET-GEOM-VECTOR-D-ANGLE
ACET-GEOM-VECTOR-PARALLEL
ACET-GEOM-VECTOR-SCALE
ACET-GEOM-VECTOR-SIDE
ACET-GEOM-VERTEX-LIST
ACET-GEOM-VIEW-POINTS
ACET-GEOM-Z-AXIS
ACET-GEOM-ZOOM-FOR-SELECT
ACET-GETVAR
ACET-GETVAR-CPROFILE
ACET-GETVAR-DWG
ACET-GETVAR-FIXED-PROFILE
ACET-GO-TO-EXPRESS-PAGE
ACET-GROUP-MAKE-ANON
ACET-HATCH-LOOP-MAKE
ACET-HATCH-LOOP-MAKE-DATA-GET
ACET-HATCH-LOOPEDGE-MAKE
ACET-HELP
ACET-HELP-TRAP
ACET-HOW-TO-GET-EXPRESS
ACET-INI-GET
ACET-INI-SET
ACET-INIT
ACET-INIT-ACETUTIL-ARX
ACET-INIT-ADD-LIB-DIR
ACET-INIT-EXCLUDE-LIST
ACET-INIT-EXPRESS-INSTALLED
ACET-INIT-EXPRESS-NOT-INSTALLED-MSG
ACET-INIT-FAS-LIB
ACET-INIT-FORCE-LOAD-ARX-LIB
ACET-INIT-GET-LIB-DIR
ACET-INIT-PLACEMENU
ACET-INIT-PRODKEY
ACET-INSERT-ATTRIB-GET
ACET-INSERT-ATTRIB-MOD
ACET-INSERT-ATTRIB-SET
ACET-INSERT-SPACIAL-FILTER
ACET-IS-SYMBOL-TABLE
ACET-LAYER-LOCKED
ACET-LAYER-LOCKED-LIST
ACET-LAYER-UNLOCK-ALL
ACET-LAYERP-MARK
ACET-LAYERP-MODE
ACET-LIST-ASSOC-APPEND
ACET-LIST-ASSOC-PUT
ACET-LIST-ASSOC-REMOVE
ACET-LIST-GROUP-BY-ASSOC
ACET-LIST-INSERT-NTH
ACET-LIST-IS-DOTTED-PAIR
ACET-LIST-ISORT
ACET-LIST-M-ASSOC
ACET-LIST-PUT-NTH
ACET-LIST-REMOVE-ADJACENT-DUPS
ACET-LIST-REMOVE-DUPLICATES
ACET-LIST-REMOVE-NTH
ACET-LIST-SPLIT
ACET-LIST-TO-SS
ACET-LSP-LOAD
ACET-LWPLINE-MAKE
ACET-MENU-LOAD
ACET-MENU-LOAD2
ACET-PARTIAL-MENU-STATUS-GET
ACET-PARTIAL-MENU-STATUS-SET
ACET-PATH-TO-LIST
ACET-PLINE-IS-2D
ACET-PLINE-MAKE
ACET-PLINE-SEGMENT-LIST
ACET-PLINE-SEGMENT-LIST-APPLY
ACET-PLINES-EXPLODE
ACET-PLINES-EXPLODE-WIDTH-DATA-GET
ACET-PLINES-REBUILD
ACET-PLINES-REBUILD-APPLY-WIDTHS
ACET-PLINES-REBUILD-SET-ELEVATION
ACET-POINT-FLAT
ACET-PREF-SUPPORTPATH-LIST
ACET-PSPACE-VIEWPORT-ENAME
ACET-R12-DXF-CONVERT
ACET-RE-MAKE
ACET-REACTOR-EXISTS
ACET-REACTOR-REMOVE
ACET-REG-DEL
ACET-REG-GET
ACET-REG-PRODKEY
ACET-REG-PUT
ACET-REG-SETACTIVEX
ACET-REG-TREE-GET
ACET-REG-TREE-SET
ACET-RTOD
ACET-SAFE-COMMAND
ACET-SET-CMDECHO
ACET-SETVAR
ACET-SETVAR-CPROFILE
ACET-SETVAR-DWG
ACET-SETVAR-FIXED-PROFILE
ACET-SPINNER
ACET-SS-ANNOTATION-FILTER
ACET-SS-CLEAR-PREV
ACET-SS-CONVERT-ELLIPSES-TO-PLINES
ACET-SS-DRAG-MOVE
ACET-SS-DRAG-ROTATE
ACET-SS-DRAG-SCALE
ACET-SS-ENTDEL
ACET-SS-FILTER
ACET-SS-FILTER-CURRENT-UCS
ACET-SS-FILTER-ITEM
ACET-SS-FILTER-VALIDATE
ACET-SS-FLT-CSPACE
ACET-SS-INTERSECTION
ACET-SS-NEW
ACET-SS-REDRAW
ACET-SS-REMOVE
ACET-SS-REMOVE-DUPS
ACET-SS-REMOVE-DUPS-EXTENTS-LIST
ACET-SS-REMOVE-DUPS-GENERALIZE-ENT
ACET-SS-REMOVE-DUPS-REVERSE
ACET-SS-SCALE-TO-FIT
ACET-SS-SCALE-TO-FIT-BASE
ACET-SS-SORT
ACET-SS-SSGET-FILTER
ACET-SS-TO-LIST
ACET-SS-UNION
ACET-SS-VISIBLE
ACET-SS-ZOOM-EXTENTS
ACET-STR-COLLATE
ACET-STR-ENV-EXPAND
ACET-STR-EQUAL
ACET-STR-ESC-WILDCARDS
ACET-STR-FIND
ACET-STR-FORMAT
ACET-STR-IS-PRINTABLE
ACET-STR-LIST-SELECT
ACET-STR-LR-TRIM
ACET-STR-M-FIND
ACET-STR-REPLACE
ACET-STR-SPACE-TRIM
ACET-STR-TO-LIST
ACET-STR-WCMATCH
ACET-SYS-BEEP
ACET-SYS-COMMAND
ACET-SYS-CONTROL-DOWN
ACET-SYS-FOREGROUND
ACET-SYS-KEYSTATE
ACET-SYS-LASTERR
ACET-SYS-LMOUSE-DOWN
ACET-SYS-PROCID
ACET-SYS-SHIFT-DOWN
ACET-SYS-SLEEP
ACET-SYS-SPAWN
ACET-SYS-TERM
ACET-SYS-WAIT
ACET-SYSVAR-RESTORE
ACET-SYSVAR-SET
ACET-TABLE-NAME-LIST
ACET-TABLE-PURGE
ACET-TEMP-SEGMENT
ACET-TJUST
ACET-TJUST-GROUP-CODES
ACET-TJUST-KEYWORD
ACET-UCS-CAPTURE-VIEWPORTS
ACET-UCS-CMD
ACET-UCS-GET
ACET-UCS-RESTORE-VIEWPORTS
ACET-UCS-SET
ACET-UCS-SET-Z
ACET-UCS-TO-OBJECT
ACET-UI-DRAG
ACET-UI-ENTSEL
ACET-UI-FENCE-SELECT
ACET-UI-GET-LONG-NAME
ACET-UI-GETCORNER
ACET-UI-GETFILE
ACET-UI-M-GET-NAMES
ACET-UI-MESSAGE
ACET-UI-PICKDIR
ACET-UI-POLYGON-SELECT
ACET-UI-PROGRESS
ACET-UI-PROGRESS-DONE
ACET-UI-PROGRESS-INIT
ACET-UI-PROGRESS-SAFE
ACET-UI-SINGLE-SELECT
ACET-UI-STATUS
ACET-UI-TABLE-NAME-CHECK-FLAGS
ACET-UI-TABLE-NAME-FORMAT
ACET-UI-TABLE-NAME-GET
ACET-UI-TABLE-NAME-GET-CMD
ACET-UI-TABLE-NAME-GET-CMD-LIST
ACET-UI-TABLE-NAME-GET-DLG
ACET-UI-TABLE-NAME-GET-ENAME
ACET-UI-TABLE-NAME-GET-IS-VALID
ACET-UI-TABLE-NAME-GET-ITEM-LIST
ACET-UI-TABLE-NAME-GET-PICKIT
ACET-UI-TABLE-NAME-OBJECT-DATA
ACET-UI-TXTED
ACET-UNDO-BEGIN
ACET-UNDO-END
ACET-UNDO-INIT
ACET-UNDO-RESTORE
ACET-UTIL-VER
ACET-VAR-GETVAR
ACET-VAR-SETVAR
ACET-VBALOAD
ACET-VIEWPORT-FROZEN-LAYER-LIST
ACET-VIEWPORT-FROZEN-LAYER-LIST-SET
ACET-VIEWPORT-LOCK-SET
ACET-VIEWPORT-NEXT-PICKABLE
ACET-VIEWPORT-VPFREEZE
ACET-WMFIN
ACET-XDATA-GET
ACET-XDATA-SET
ACET-XREF-CPROJECT-PATH
ACET:ABORTRETRYIGNORE
ACET:ACETAUTO
ACET:ARCHIVE
ACET:ARX-LIB
ACET:DEFBUTTON1
ACET:DEFBUTTON2
ACET:DEFBUTTON3
ACET:DEFBUTTON4
ACET:DIRECTORY
ACET:FAS-LIB
ACET:HELPFILE
ACET:HIDDEN
ACET:ICONINFORMATION
ACET:ICONQUESTION
ACET:ICONSTOP
ACET:ICONWARNING
ACET:IDABORT
ACET:IDCANCEL
ACET:IDCLOSE
ACET:IDHELP
ACET:IDIGNORE
ACET:IDNO
ACET:IDOK
ACET:IDRETRY
ACET:IDYES
ACET:OK
ACET:OKCANCEL
ACET:PRODKEY
ACET:READONLY
ACET:RETRYCANCEL
ACET:SYSTEM
ACET:VARALL
ACET:VARDWG
ACET:VARFIX
ACET:VARPRO
ACET:WEBSITE
ACET:YESNO
ACET:YESNOCANCEL
ACETAI_FFILE
ACETAI_NOFILE
ACETAUTOARXACEDLOAD
ACETAUTOARXLOAD
ACETAUTOLOAD
ACETAUTONATIVELOAD

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Re: ACET help file
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2007, 09:09:51 PM »
Similarly ...

http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=13719.0

do you have acetutil.CHM  (circa 2000)

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Re: ACET help file
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2007, 09:11:49 PM »
Sorry, I don't use/support/advocate express tools.
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Re: ACET help file
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2007, 12:14:23 PM »
Sorry, I don't use/support/advocate express tools.

?? Why ??
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Re: ACET help file
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2007, 05:40:09 PM »
?? Why ??

Analagous to building a house on quick sand.

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Re: ACET help file
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2007, 08:55:32 PM »
But I believe a lot of the earlier ones (R14 I believe were open code, so if it was broke it could be fixed) not sure about the later ones, I just keep moving the old one up to the new version of acad (the one I use, which now are very few now.  I found it to be more fun to write my own)

Just wondering,  I know if we disable them at work, we would have a lot of angry bee's.  I find that people rely heavily on them for day to day chores the layer stuff and text stuff mostly.
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Re: ACET help file
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2007, 09:19:51 PM »
I'm not against users taking advantage of the utilities per se, though I do openly tell folks I won't install or support them.

However I flat out will not use any of the ACET code libraries, and that's what I was making reference to in my first and second posts. There are various authors, some qualified, some not so much; some code is so so, some of it complete crap, some of it resides in arx files without source code ad infinitum, and worse, the package as a whole has historically enjoyed a sporadic existence with regards to licensing and availability. To be aware of these factors and then deliberately invite them into a software project would, imo, be irresponsible -- ergo my first comment.

No thanks, writing and supporting software is challenging enough when (you enjoy the illusion) everything is under your control.
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Re: ACET help file
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2007, 07:13:39 AM »
I figured that is what you were referring to.  You're right about the there sporadic existence and complete lack of documentation.  I tried to incorporate the message box into some old code and it turned out to be an all day fiasco that ended in me just deleting the entire code section.  Oh well, live and learn. 

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Re: ACET help file
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2014, 04:56:51 AM »
Dear All,

I have got ACETUTIL.CHM help file which is version 1.37 and says "Last Updated on June 24, 2000"

I have come across many LISP routines in the past using many "acet-" functions which are not listed in this help file, maybe because it is very old (14 years old !!!!).

So i want to ask from where can we get latest ACETUTIL.CHM help file containing help for all latest ACET functions ?

Thanks.

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Re: ACET help file
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2014, 09:40:41 AM »
Not all of them but has a lot...
http://www.afralisp.net/archive/lisp/acet-utils.htm

and then here's an attachment that has them all listen in an excel file
unfortunately there is not a description, though it would likely be able to be added in quite well to this file

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Re: ACET help file
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2014, 01:40:56 PM »
Dear Bhull,

Unfortunately without description it is difficult to use many functions. I request the veterans to help.

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Re: ACET help file
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2014, 02:51:05 PM »
There is this Excel file in French by a guy name Gerard Lemoine.

You at least get the number of arguments to the functions for which there is no help.

ACET-FUNCTION.XLS


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Re: ACET help file
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2014, 09:16:11 PM »
Thanks. But I am surprised by one thing. Whenever any organization makes a software it also releases a help file for the same. For ACET functions, why Autodesk has not made any help file ? Or I should say that why Autodesk has not updated the help file since year 2000 ?

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Re: ACET help file
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2014, 09:25:06 PM »
Thanks. But I am surprised by one thing. Whenever any organization makes a software it also releases a help file for the same. For ACET functions, why Autodesk has not made any help file ? Or I should say that why Autodesk has not updated the help file since year 2000 ?

This question should be addressed to AutoDESK.

Perhaps if enough people ask the question directly they MAY think about addressing the issue.
I believe you will need to make a more compelling argument than " Providing up to date and complete documentation is a professional thing to do. "
My gut level feel is that they will only be swayed by a significant financial incentive.

added:
As a related issue, does anyone know how long it's been since the VLIDE has been updated ? Perhaps the answer to that question will indicate how much importants AutoDesk really assigns to it's customizing users.
« Last Edit: February 24, 2014, 09:30:09 PM by Kerry »
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Re: ACET help file
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2014, 11:24:02 PM »
As a related issue, does anyone know how long it's been since the VLIDE has been updated?

May have to use carbon dating to determine that.
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