Quick Plot to PDF Macro

[sbrennan]

I am writing Macros to quickly plot using a pre-defined page setup to implement into my company's ribbon that I've been building and constantly improving on. I'm writing macros, because that's all I currently know and don't have time to learn anything else right now.

My macro so far is this:

-plot;n;;<page setup name>;;\n;y;

It works fine, but when I execute, I have no control over WHERE the file is saved. The \ is allowing me to enter the PDF name, but not it's location.

How can I bring up the dialog to specify the PDF's save location AND name?

Thank in advance,
Shawn

[Opie]

You might try adding a tilde "~" after the \. This should bring up the file dialog box.

[sbrennan]

Over the weekend I found that out via a different forum, and it worked. Now, I am trying to control what folder that prompt defaults to. If I can get it to at least open to the previously plotted location, that will work perfect.

[sbrennan]

I did find out that my PDF was trying to save into the 'My Documents' folder every time because it was an unsaved file. Once I saved the file, or opened a new one, the prompt defaulted to the DWG's folder location (which is on a file server). Much easier than navigating from My Documents.