Open does not display a dialog box, instead prompts at the command line

[RICHARDREEDE]

the civil 3d program crashed when i was trying to put surfaces in my drawing. it is a not enough memory problem. so now when i open autocad and click open file, there is no dialog box. it just prompt me to the command line. does anyone know how to get the dialog box back????

[Opie]

Try this thread, "Dialog box does not display when using commands like - Open / SaveAs".

[Opie]

Please note I have *moved* this thread from the Autolisp Forum to this one as I feel this particular Forum is a more appropriate place for such a topic.

Thanks,

Richard
Forum Moderator

[RICHARDREEDE]

Try this thread, "Dialog box does not display when using commands like - Open / SaveAs".
please help

[Opie]

please help
Type FILEDIA at the command prompt. Then type 1 at the response.

Your Open dialog box should then be restored.

[RICHARDREEDE]

this fixed my problem , thank you

[aharris]

Is anyone else still having this problem? I'm using 2007 Map 3D and out of the blue my dialog box disappears for no reason at all.

[jaberwok]

AFAIK there are only two reasons for the prompts to appear on the command line when a dialogue box is expected - the most likely is as described above. (The other is a Windows screen resolution set too low.)

[scott.wilcox]

Is anyone else still having this problem? I'm using 2007 Map 3D and out of the blue my dialog box disappears for no reason at all.
One suggestion is to create a toolbar button with your preferred settings embedded in it, like filedia, cmddia, viewres, plinegen, etc, and when things go awry, just hit the button to reset. I get the issue you described at times when AutoCAD Civil 3D crashes on me, so don't feel alone on that.