Topic: Losing support file search paths.

[Bryco]

Acad 2006. I have support file search paths mapped to a shared drive for for fonts and hatchs. After a power cut they get lost and only the c drive ones survive.
1) Does this happen to anyone else
2) How do I fix it.

Cheers Bryce

[nivuahc]

How do you have the paths spelled out?

Like this:

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N:\Shared\Folder
or like this:

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\\shared_computer_name\folder\

Are they mapped drives on your machine or are you just pointing directly to the folders themselves?

If they are mapped as drives on your machine, how are you mapping them?

[MP]

Perhaps AutoCAD <periodically/on network events> validates system paths and removes ones it considers invalid, so if a network drive fails AutoCAD goes, meh, this drive is kaput, *yank*.

[Bryco]

Thanks for the replies. I've been too busy to check until now.
J:\AutoCAD Support\Fonts   Full paths created w/ browse.

I don't remember this happening w/ 2000 so I think this is a 2006 think.
(we skipped the years in between)

MP I guess as your post hints at, I should programmatically add the paths. I have no problem w/ the support paths but the stinking cui punk stuff is something that I haven't looked at yet, is that difficult?

[MP]

I thinki CUI is P'Tui. I don't mess with it (other guys at our offices look after that stuff so I can't really comment).

As for setting your support path perhaps this little ditty will help.

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(defun SetSupportPath ( path )
    (vla-put-SupportPath
        (vla-get-Files
            (vla-get-Preferences
                (vlax-get-acad-object)
            )
        )
        path
    )
)
Use carefully.