Changing from UPPER case to lower case

[IamSnave]

Does anyone know of any kind of a utility that will detect when you are working in a specific program and set your CAPS lock ON or off? We often switch back and forth from ACAD (2002) to MS Word or Excel or Outlook. We need to be in CAPS when we are in ACAD, but lower case in most other programs. It's real annoying to come back to ACAD and fill in an attributed block all in lower case before I notice it. :banghead: (This NEVER happens to other people does it)?

Any suggestions? Thanks!

[Steve_Bennett]

Check this one out. I think its okay for me to post it. If not, I'm sure a moderator will make it known. If you need help figuring out what goes where, let me know & I'll post some brief instructions.

Go easy with the :banghead: - it hurts after a while, but feels good when you stop. I'm sure you'll have less :banghead: after loading this.

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

Have a browse of the following threads -

Caps Lock (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=6392)

Text Box Help (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=11744)

Have a good one, Mike

[IamSnave]

I have done what the "capslock.lsp" says (all files in my search path, loaded "capslock.lsp") and nothing seems to be happening, all text remains lower case, no toggling happening.
I checked out the "keyboard.dvb" and have no idea what to do with it.

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

Once CapsLock.lsp has been loaded into AutoCAD, what happens when you type CapsLock at the AutoCAD Command Line?

Have a good one, Mike

[IamSnave]

This is what it says:

Command: ap
APPLOAD Capslock.lsp successfully loaded.


Command:
VLR-Manager loaded.
Loaded CapsLock.lsp. Type "capslock" to enable.
Command:
Command: capslock
; error: ARXLOAD failed

(I'm not real knowledgable about lisp, but usually I can get along.)

[scwegner]

Ignore this...I didn't read the post carefully enough before replying.

[Steve_Bennett]

in appload, startp suite, make sure you have the following files loading: capslock.lsp, VLR-manager.fas & doslib16.arx (load doslib2k.arx in lieu of doslib16.arx if it still doesn't work after doing this stuff). Also make sure that in your acad options support paths that you have a support path going to where these are located.

[IamSnave]

I loaded all the files in the capslock.zip file into the start-up suite, and my pathing is correct. But the "doslib16.arx" won't load and I get this error message:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Command: AP
APPLOAD Capslock.lsp successfully loaded.

doslib16.arx is incompatible with this version of AutoCAD.
AcRxDynamicLinker failed to load 'C:\MENUS\doslib16.arx'
c:\acad200x\acad.exeUnable to load doslib16.arx file.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
I am working in ACAD2002. Our IT department does most of the configuration, and we aren't supposed to mess with it so they won't teach us anything. Company won't pay for training so I've had very little as far as customization or programming languages. If it doesn't work with very little tweaking, I probably won't be able to make it work without letting someone know I am trying to customize.

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

Have you tried contacting the author directly?

Contact details are given in file Capslock.lsp -

<snip>
Capslock.lsp complete with notes and all
For Autocad 2000x
Written by: Eric Schneider, Reno, NV
3/27/2002
cadking@aol.com
</snip>

Have a good one, Mike