Setting more than one tool palette path in a CUI command

[jpaulsen]

I know there are many posts on AUGI and the Autodesk DGs regarding this subject and I think I read all of them. I have a question about my specific code. I am trying to create a CUI command to set the tool palette path to more than one folder and I can't seem to get it to work.

I want my path to be Z:\Autodesk 2008\JRToolPalette;U:\Autodesk 2008\ToolPalette. Here is the CUI command macro:

 
^C^C*_ToolPalettePath;(strcat "Z:/Autodesk 2008/JRToolPalette" ";" "U:/Autodesk 2008/ToolPalette");

When I execute the command it displays the following at the command prompt:

Command: *_ToolPalettePath
Enter new value for *_TOOLPALETTEPATH <"Z:\Autodesk
2008\JRToolPalette;U:\Autodesk 2008\ToolPalette">: (strcat "Z:/Autodesk
2008/JRToolPalette" "
("_> " "U:/Autodesk 2008/ToolPalette")
"Z:/Autodesk 2008/JRToolPalette\nU:/Autodesk 2008/ToolPalette"

Notice the \n between the two paths.

When I run the toolpalettepath command a second time it displays:

Command:
*_TOOLPALETTEPATH
Enter new value for *_TOOLPALETTEPATH <"C:\Documents and
Settings\paulsenj\Application Data\Autodesk...">:

As you can see it's setting the path to my local windows profile. (It does change this path. Even If I have it set the network before running the command.)

The strange thing is if I type

 
(strcat "Z:/Autodesk 2008/JRToolPalette" ";" "U:/Autodesk 2008/ToolPalette")

at the command prompt it returns the value (Z:\Autodesk 2008\JRToolPalette;U:\Autodesk 2008\ToolPalette) I want set.

Does anyone have any ideas how I can get this to work?

[jpaulsen]

Could a moderator please move this? Maybe to the CUI or Lisp forum.

I'm not getting any replies here.

[zoomharis]

Could a moderator please move this? Maybe to the CUI or Lisp forum.

I'm not getting any replies here.

Hi Paulsen,
Sorry for being late. Your problem is that you are supplying a control character semicolumn (path seperator) in your macro which is actually being interpreted as an enter. You have to use a lisp equivalent for that.

^C^C*_ToolPalettePath;(strcat "Z:/Autodesk 2008/JRToolPalette"(chr 59)"U:/Autodesk 2008/ToolPalette");

[jpaulsen]

Thanks Haris. That worked great.

I am assuming that will work with more than two paths. I will test it later today but I am not expecting any problems.