Topic: Invoke VLIDE via Lisp?

[Peter2]

I try to start VLIDE via Lisp (because I want to use vlisp-compile, but failed:

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1. Befehl: (vl-cmdf "vlide")
2. Unbekannter Befehl "VLIDE". Drücken Sie F1-Taste für Hilfe.
3. T
4. --> unknown command
5.  
6. Befehl: (command "vlide")
7. Unbekannter Befehl "VLIDE". Drücken Sie F1-Taste für Hilfe.
8. nil
9. --> unknown command
10.  
11. Befehl: (dcl-SendString "vlide ")
12. T
13.  
14. --> Command from OpenDCL. It opens VLIDE, but the synchronization between opening VLIDE and continuing Lisp-code creates an error?
15.  

Can it be solved?

BTW: When I start VLIDE manually, then the lisp with vlisp-compile works fine....

Thanks and regards

[rkmcswain]

This works for me.

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(defun C:foo () (c:vlide)(princ))




[Peter2]

Thanks - works fine.

(Additional info for readers:
- The command brings VLIDE to foreground. An additional click (e.g. minmize) continues the lisp.
- For usage of vlisp-compile it is not necessary that VLIDE is always open, but it has to be invoked at least one time ..)

[snownut2]

Or this  (c:vlide T) starts vlide minimized....

[Peter2]

Or this  (c:vlide T) starts vlide minimized....

Great - thanks.

(Where did you get the information from? I checked F1 in VLIDE - and got the AutoCAD-Help starting page; checked the V-functions-reference ... - no info about "c:vlide T" ... )

[BIGAL]

You can do a lisp compile directly without invoking vl-ide. A quick google help from Autodesk

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Examples
Assuming that yinyang.lsp resides in a directory that is in the AutoCAD support file search path, the following command compiles this program:

(vlisp-compile 'st "yinyang.lsp")
T
The output file is named yinyang.fas and resides in the same directory as the source file.

The following command compiles yinyang.lsp and names the output file GoodKarma.fas:

(vlisp-compile 'st "yinyang.lsp" "GoodKarma.fas")



[Peter2]

You can do a lisp compile directly without invoking vl-ide. ...

For me it works only as described above: VLIDE has to be invoked at least once (and can be closed again), then the command will do its job.

On a freshly started AutoCAD-session I get

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Befehl: (vlisp-compile 'st "x.lsp")
; Fehler: no function definition: VLISP-COMPILEwhen VLIDE was not started before.

[marcoheuer]

from acad dev help file:
Note: The Visual LISP IDE must be open in order for vlisp-compile to work.

best regards
marco

[Peter2]

Or this  (c:vlide T) starts vlide minimized....

Any idea how to close VLIDE via Lisp? The following code does nothing or opens it

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1. Befehl: (c:vlide T)
2. Befehl: (c:vlide nil)
3. Befehl: (c:vlide close)

And here are no solutions either:
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/close-vlide/td-p/2502632

Seem to be impossible...

[snownut2]

Or this  (c:vlide T) starts vlide minimized....

Any idea how to close VLIDE via Lisp? The following code does nothing or opens it

Code - Auto/Visual Lisp: [Select]

1. Befehl: (c:vlide T)
2. Befehl: (c:vlide nil)
3. Befehl: (c:vlide close)

And here are no solutions either:
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/close-vlide/td-p/2502632

Seem to be impossible...

Not that I'm aware of.