Topic: menu help

[ELOQUINTET]

in recent times i was not able to load my custom menu i created everytime i tried to load it my autocad crashed. i looked into it this morning and found out that it happened as a result of changing the name of my lisp folder from autocad to lisp files. the problem was i didn't update the menu file to reflect this. now having said that here is my question. i created a subfolder called 0-bmp which is located within my lisp files folder. i would like to seperate them for housekeeping reason. i put the folder in the search path but my icon don't show up in acad. do i need to somehow add that to my menu file and if so how? thanks

[ELOQUINTET]

aha nevermind i got it should've just tried it first see i found the problem all by myself  

[Kate M]

Post your solution, in case someone else needs it?

[ELOQUINTET]

whoopsy you're right kate. at the beginning of my menu i changed the path to the new folder name from autocad to lisp files. on the next line i also added the 0-mybmps path. now it doesn't appear in my .mns did it save that to my .mnc? anyhow it's working now  

AutoCAD menu file - C:\Documents and Settings\dkelley\My Documents\LISP FILES\DAN.mnc

[TimSpangler]

why not just compile the bitmaps into a dll with the same naem as the menu file that way it will always be there?

[M-dub]

why not just compile the bitmaps into a dll with the same naem as the menu file that way it will always be there?

We've tried to convince him to do that already...  

[ELOQUINTET]

you stay outta this mdub ok    i do have most of them compiled into a dll but i have kept the bmps as backups just in case (the voice in my head) mdub screws up my menus again the voice in my head)   how ya like dem apples

[M-dub]

Hey, I don't think I could have mentioned "BACKUP" any more than I did!

[ELOQUINTET]

i know i'm just pickin on ya mdub  

[M-dub]

I know, I know...I still felt pretty bad for that.    Been trying to make up for it ever since!

[ELOQUINTET]

yeah but it was partly my fault too for not reading carefully. ah water under the bridge or as we new yorkers say fuggetaboutit

[Fuccaro]

why not just compile the bitmaps into a dll with the same naem as the menu file that way it will always be there?

How? Is it possible in VBA? Or it is a C++ thing?
I read before that it is possible and I wish to try myself. Maybe with some help my wish will become true .

[Mark]

Try this link, there is a howto for creating custom menus that includes making a .dll of all your bimaps. Make sure you get version 0.9.

http://theswamp.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6

[ELOQUINTET]

there your wish came true  

[Fuccaro]

Yes, I am happy now
Thanks for the help!