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Title: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: MSTG007 on January 28, 2016, 08:23:49 AM

Is it possible to send an email with AutoCAD (Lisp / Macros) that you could click from the email and it would activate in their current session of CAD? I know this sounds crazy.

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: mjfarrell on January 28, 2016, 08:37:54 AM

sure, as long as they have autocad, and their file associativity in windows isn't fubbed up

if you are talking about clicking on email attachment, it should work....let me test here and report

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: Mark on January 28, 2016, 08:38:04 AM

Not sure I understand the question but.

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Command: START
Application to start: outlook


Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: MSTG007 on January 28, 2016, 08:43:42 AM

Does this make more sense?

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: mjfarrell on January 28, 2016, 08:49:25 AM

Quote from: MSTG007 on January 28, 2016, 08:43:42 AM

Does this make more sense?

yes..

and   NO

that isn't going to do anything within cad


unless copy and paste to command line

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: mjfarrell on January 28, 2016, 08:52:37 AM

interesting idea, however...

IF  you are trying to do cad by remote control for someone like that


should they really be using cad?

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: MSTG007 on January 28, 2016, 08:53:30 AM

Then, I guess that's all I need to do.  I have some users that I have a menu I have made for them, but I have some non CAD heavy duty users where I could email them some of these commands and just have then copy and paste them to the command line. I guess that's still not a bad idea.

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: Mark on January 28, 2016, 08:58:36 AM

Wouldn't a remote desktop app make more sense then?

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: mjfarrell on January 28, 2016, 08:59:37 AM

shared cui (enterprise) should take care of that....if/when they restart the new items would appear

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: MSTG007 on January 28, 2016, 09:00:36 AM

I have been doing that. Just not the manager here. lol

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: mjfarrell on January 28, 2016, 09:06:08 AM

this loop is closed

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: Jeff H on January 28, 2016, 09:22:19 AM

AutoCAD 2015 and up can host HTML pages, wpf , and other type of documents so for example you could use AutoCAD javascript API to interact with AutoCADS through webpage or email

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: mjfarrell on January 28, 2016, 09:28:43 AM

Quote from: Jeff H on January 28, 2016, 09:22:19 AM

AutoCAD 2015 and up can host HTML pages, wpf , and other type of documents so for example you could use AutoCAD javascript API to interact with AutoCADS through webpage or email

shades of the abandoned  TODAY PAGE

why you kill this autodesk!

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: MSTG007 on January 28, 2016, 09:44:59 AM

Geesh never thought of that either... Gotta look into it

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: Squirltech on January 28, 2016, 10:22:47 AM

We use a training software here that allows you to create a workflow and in the workflow you can assign AutoCAD commands to a particular word or phrase. Once the command is assigned, the selected word or phrase will then "hyperlink" to AutoCAD, either to open the program or run a particular command in the software.

Long story longer....

Like others have said, it's definitely possible.

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: MSTG007 on January 28, 2016, 10:58:56 AM

This is interesting... Could you elaborate alittle more on this? It is a neat idea.

Title: Re: Email and AutoCad Commands
Post by: Squirltech on January 28, 2016, 11:13:40 AM

Quote from: MSTG007 on January 28, 2016, 10:58:56 AM

This is interesting... Could you elaborate alittle more on this? It is a neat idea.

I'm not sure how it works on the back end but for example...

I can tell the user to Save the Drawing and the text will be highlighted blue and underlined. The user can then CLICK on the blue text and as long as AutoCAD is active, ^C^Cqsave will run. It works a lot like a hyperlink. We can even assign the selected word or phrase to OPEN a certain program.

For example:

Run TBC would open Trimble Business Center (TBC) when clicked on by the user.

I'm sorry I'm not more versed in the workings but this is the basic premise. Hope it helps.