Topic: Solved: AutoCAD vs AutoCAD LT Menu Difficulties

[M-dub]

...the toolbars, that is...
I'm not aware of a method to breate pulldowns within acad.

[CottageCGirl]

are you loading off of your C drive or a network,,,, if you are loading off your C drive, I find that I need to have custom menu's in each custom folder for all versions, for some reason the menu path gets confused if it is too far down the path-- I think this has to do with our network    ( am I making myself clear-let me know if I am not making sense.... )

[M-dub]

Ok, I have to ask although you've probably addressed this already.

Does the menugroup name match one already existing?

[Dommy2Hotty]

Your original posted code worked for me Kate...got both toolbars and the menu ~ ADT 2005

[Kate M]

I'm wondering if this doesn't have to do with having two versions on the same computer -- or if AutoCAD full recompiles menus with toolbars differently from LT. (I have no problems with pulldown-only menus.)

Latest Sequence:
1. Create empty "stuff.mns" in a network folder
2. Populate "stuff" with buttons using TOOLBAR (LT).
3. Load "stuff" in full AutoCAD -- works.
4. Close LT, reopen. No "stuff".

This is really bizarre...

[VerticalMojo]

1. check your support path

2. M-dub is right, Check the menugroup name to see if it matches one already existing.

[Kate M]

1. check your support path

Nope, got it.

2. M-dub is right, Check the menugroup name to see if it matches one already existing.

Nope, I watch the command line, and it complains if you try to do that ("A menu with that MENUGROUP name already exists.")...when it "doesn't load" now, I get nothing. No command line messages, no errors, just click the button and nothing happens.

It's really just the toolbars -- pulldowns are fine. I've put this in the Autodesk groups too, in case there are more LT people over there.

[M-dub]

...when it "doesn't load" now, I get nothing. No command line messages, no errors, just click the button and nothing happens.

It's really just the toolbars -- pulldowns are fine. I've put this in the Autodesk groups too, in case there are more LT people over there.

Ok, wait a sec here...You're saying the toolbars LOAD, but don't function?  Command line doesn't say ANYTHING when you click a button?  How many other menus do you have loaded out of curiosity?

[Kate M]

I've done a little playing around, and here's what I got.

1. A MNS file, loaded in LT first, will not load at all in full. No errors, no messages, nothing. (Although clicking on the "Load" button really fast seems to say something about the MNC file down where the helpstrings appear.)
2. The same MNS file, copied, renamed, and loaded in full first, will load pulldown menus in LT, but acts as if it has no toolbars. The toolbars don't load; nothing shows up in the TOOLBAR command.

This leads me to believe that somehow the two programs compile menu files differently. I can't imagine why this would be. I'm going to try to post the MNS/MNC/MNR files from LT, so someone can test it and see if it's just me.

[Kate M]

Okay, they're in the Lilly Pond (my folder), "rsa_menu_lt.mns/mnc/mnr". I didn't include the bitmaps, but you'll at least know if it loads.

[M-dub]

It wouldn't surprise me if the two ARE different.  I agree that it would be nice if they were the same, but ...I dunno.

What does the help file in LT say about menu files?

[Kate M]

It's the exact same page as the full version.

I don't know why it just affects toolbars, though...yeesh.

[M-dub]

How many other menus do you have loaded?  I'm just wondering if there's a conflict of some sort

Although, with unique menu group names, I don't know how...

[Kate M]

According to Chip Harper (over at the Autodesk forums), you can use the same MNU/MNS file for each version as long as they're in separate folders so they can create their own MNC/MNR files. Guess that's how it's always worked, both between new/old versions and LT/full.

I suppose that makes sense, sort of...At least now I know it's not my fault.

Thanks for all the help!

[VerticalMojo]

So it does work now?