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jm33164
2004-07-23, 03:25 PM
Has anyone else experienced problems loading the PACKNGO.arx application in 2004? I keep getting a message that AutoCAD is unable to load whenever I try to load that particular .arx file.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Glenn Pope
2004-07-23, 03:34 PM
PacknGo is part of the express tool. It was taken out and wasn't updated for 2004. Try using eTransmit. It's the replacement for PacknGo.
Mike.Perry
2004-07-23, 03:55 PM
Hi

Please note I've *moved* this Topic (Thread) from the AutoCAD Customization Forum (http://forums.augi.com/forumdisplay.php?f=118) to this one as I believe it would be better served here.

Thanks, Mike

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Mike.Perry
2004-07-23, 03:56 PM
Hi

Check out the following snippet from an AutoCAD 2004 review -

<snip>
ARX Specification: This has changed. This means that most add-ons built for AutoCAD 2000 will not work in 2004. You will need to contact the add-on developer for a 2004 compatible version of the add-on. Simple lisp routines should run without any problems.
</snip>

Personally I would go with Glenn's suggestion.

Have a good one, Mike
michael.12445
2004-07-23, 04:22 PM
PacknGo is part of the express tool. It was taken out and wasn't updated for 2004. Try using eTransmit. It's the replacement for PacknGo.

We use AutoCAD 2002, so PacknGo.arx still works, and that's what we use. Although 2002 also includes the ETRANSMIT command, we don't use it because it's MUCH slower than PacknGo. On a complex drawing with lots of xrefs, PacknGo might take as long as 10 seconds or so to display its dialog box, whereas ETRANSMIT can take as long as 3 to 5 minutes. I wonder if this has been fixed in the new releases?

Michael Evans
Wanderer
2004-07-23, 04:39 PM
We use AutoCAD 2002, so PacknGo.arx still works, and that's what we use. Although 2002 also includes the ETRANSMIT command, we don't use it because it's MUCH slower than PacknGo. On a complex drawing with lots of xrefs, PacknGo might take as long as 10 seconds or so to display its dialog box, whereas ETRANSMIT can take as long as 3 to 5 minutes. I wonder if this has been fixed in the new releases?

Michael Evans
I use etransmit with 2005 (on my pititful excure for a workstation) and it works great for me binding up the files, including my notes, and saving down to r2000, nice and quick.
allen65482
2005-05-12, 03:17 PM
can you use etransmit to compress an entire project using adt 2004?