Customizing the options dialog... need to do something tricky

[atlbirds345447]

Not sure if this is possible, but managing a large department with everyone setting their profiles to suit their needs....I was wondering if there is a way for me to set the "files" tab to point to the locations I need, have the employees load just the info in the "files" tab while maintaining the rest of their custom options panel information.

Since the "files" tab is the most general tab for file localization and searching...I sure wish Autodesk found a way to segment that out of the options panel and place somewhere else independant. Hope that makes sense. Thanks for the help!!

Troy

[cadtag]

Since all of that information is stored in the registry, you could use VLisp code in your acad.lsp file to reset those values whenever acad loads.

[BlackBox]

Why not simply set the SupportPath Property (among others as needed), of the PreferenceFiles Object via Acad.lsp?

I've been doing this for years, and cannot come up with a simpler way to manage all Profile's SFSP in seconds... I even include an aptly named LISP command (ACADLSP) that will reload Acad.lsp following a change made. Lemon squeezy.

[atlbirds345447]

Programming is not my strong suit and I figured that would be what it takes to make this happen. Maybe I will have to do some more investigating into this and see where that takes me. Wish I was a programmer like you guys. I will keep digging. Thanks for the verification of my thoughts.

Troy

[BlackBox]

You may find this old CAD Panacea post to be useful:

Setting Support Paths via LISP

[atlbirds345447]

That is AWESOME Renderman, I will look that over and break it down to see how to apply it to my situation. Thanks. I may need to go ahead and take some classes now on programming.

[BlackBox]

You're welcome to take formal classes if you'd like, but there are tons of free, online resources out there (especially for LISP), and even some that are low cost, high yield.