Invoking Action Recorder

[s_depc]

Hi,

Does anyone know what the syntax would be to invoke the Action Recorder to run X named actm file using LISP?

[RobertB]

(command "<my action name>")

(not even breaking into a sweat!)

[s_depc]

thanks Robert, it's ironic I should be using a LISP routine to manage the inflexibility of REVIT's titleblocks which is subsequently exported to DWG.

So far I have activated a script in the routine but it seems to disregard the contents of the script once loaded and continues with the LISP routine. It shows the LISP routine "loading" the Script in the command dialogue but nothing happens. Is there a setting I'm missing to ensure it executes the contents of the script? Here is the dialogue and code.

Scripting and Purging >> F:\REVIT LOCAL FILES\1210.DWG. Please wait...script
Enter script file name <\Folders\sd\My Documents\Drawing4.scr>: W:/AUTOCAD/SCRIPTS/Titlechange.scr
****IT SHOULD BE EXECUTING THE SCRIPT HERE BUT > ******
Command:
Scripting and Purging >> F:\REVIT LOCAL FILES\1220.DWG. Please wait...script
Enter script file name <\Folders\sd\My Documents\Drawing4.scr>: W:/AUTOCAD/SCRIPTS/Titlechange.scr
****IT SHOULD BE EXECUTING THE SCRIPT HERE ETC.******
Command:

The code I'm using is as follows

(command "script" "W:/AUTOCAD/SCRIPTS/Titlechange.scr")

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[RobertB]

thanks Robert, it's ironic I should be using a LISP routine to manage the inflexibility of REVIT's titleblocks which is subsequently exported to DWG.

So far I have activated a script in the routine but it seems to disregard the contents of the script once loaded and continues with the LISP routine. It shows the LISP routine "loading" the Script in the command dialogue but nothing happens. Is there a setting I'm missing to ensure it executes the contents of the script? Here is the dialogue and code.

Scripting and Purging >> F:\REVIT LOCAL FILES\1210.DWG. Please wait...script
Enter script file name <\Folders\sd\My Documents\Drawing4.scr>: W:/AUTOCAD/SCRIPTS/Titlechange.scr
****IT SHOULD BE EXECUTING THE SCRIPT HERE BUT > ******
Command:
Scripting and Purging >> F:\REVIT LOCAL FILES\1220.DWG. Please wait...script
Enter script file name <\Folders\sd\My Documents\Drawing4.scr>: W:/AUTOCAD/SCRIPTS/Titlechange.scr
****IT SHOULD BE EXECUTING THE SCRIPT HERE ETC.******
Command:

The code I'm using is as follows

(command "script" "W:/AUTOCAD/SCRIPTS/Titlechange.scr")

If you are using LISP, why are you even bothering with a script? Not to mention, you didn't bother to post the contents on the SCR file which is probably more important.

[s_depc]

Hi Robert,

I didn't see the need to post the script because it was working fine when not called up from a LISP routine so the problem I felt wasn't in the script. I didn't do the whole routine in LISP because I'm simply using the LISP routine to open all files from a selected directory to process the script called up from the LISP routine.

It would be handy to have this type of arrangement and it's something you can't do from a script without using something like Autoscript software or naming every file you want to open from within the script a pain if you have to open 10+ files that may change in name.

Hope this helps..