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LOADIT!.DOC
LOADIT! SHAREWARE VERSION 1.0 1992
INSTALLATION AND USERS GUIDE
OVERVIEW ----
LOADIT! IS A PROGRAM DEVELOPED TO QUICKLY LOAD AUTOLISP PROGRAMS &
BLOCK FILES INTO AUTOCAD FROM AUTOCAD. BY QUICKLY SEARCHING THE DISK
FOR .LSP & .DWG FILES AND LETTING YOU PICK THOSE FOUND WITH YOUR MOUSE.
THIS ALLOWS FOR FASTER LOADING AND EXECUTING AND LESS TYPING.
THE PROGRAM IS CALLED FROM THE SCRIPT FILE "RUNLISP" AND EXECUTES THE
PROGRAM LOADIT!.EXE FROM A AUTOCAD DOS SHELL. LOADIT! THEN PRESENTS THE
USER WITH A SCREEN OF AVAILABLE FILES ON THE HARD DRIVE. USING THE MOUSE
OR ARROW KEYS, THE WANTED FILE CAN BE SELECTED. THIS FILE IS THEN LOADED
BY THE SCRIPT FILE "DOLISP". THE SELECTED FILE IS THEN LOADED AND AVAILABLE
FOR USE.
AN INSTALL PROGRAM IS USED TO INSTALL THE FILES TO YOUR AUTOCAD
DIRECTORY. THIS IS THE BEST PLACE FOR THESE AS AUTOCAD CAN FIND THEN THERE.
RUNNING LOADIT!.EXE ----
TO START THE LOADIT! PROGRAM CAN BE DONE TWO WAYS:
AT THE AUTOCAD COMMAND PROMPT ENTER:
COMMAND: SCRIPT <RETURN>
SCRIPT FILE: RUNLISP <RETURN>
NOTE: ASSUMING THAT THE FILES ARE IN THE ACAD DIRECTORY.
THE OPENING MENU APPEARS ON THE SCREEN, ALLOWING YOU TO SELECT THE FILE
TYPE TO LOAD, EITHER A .LSP FILE OR A .DWG BLOCK FILE. THE NEXT SCREEN
APPEARS WITH A LIST OF FILES MATCHING YOUR CHOICE. IF THE MATCHING FILES
FILL THE SCREEN, YOU MAY SCROLL DOWN OR UP WITH THE ARROWS AT THE RIGHT
OF THE SCREEN. AT THE TOP LEFT ARE ..\ AND .\ . SELECTING ..\ WILL TAKE
YOU TO THE PARENT DIRECTORY (ONE BELOW THE CURRENT DIRECTORY). ANY DIRECTORIES
WILL APPEAR IN THE FORMAT "ACAD\" "LSP\" ETC. SELECTING A DIRECTORY ENTRY
WILL TAKE YOU TO THAT DIRECTORY. .\ IS THE CURRENT DIRECTORY.
IF YOU NEED TO HAVE LOADIT! START ITS SEARCH IN A CERTAIN DIRECTORY, ENTER
THE DIRECTORY NAME AFTER THE LOADIT! PROGRAM CALL: LOADIT! C:\ACAD\LSP
YOU CAN ADD THE DIRECTORY TO THE LOADIT! LINE IN THE FILE RUNLISP.SCR.
LOADIT! WILL THEN SEARCH THAT DIRECTORY FIRST.
AFTER YOU SELECT THE FILE YOU WANT, ENTER THE FOLLOWING:
COMMAND: SCRIPT <RETURN>
SCRIPT FILE: DOLISP <RETURN>
OR:
HAVE IT IN YOU ACAD.MNU FILE TO BE SELECTED AS A AUTOCAD COMMAND.
ENTER THE FOLLOWING LINE IN YOUR ACAD.MNU FILE FOUND IN YOU AUTOCAD DIRECTORY:
[RUNLISP]^C^CSCRIPT;RUNLISP;
THIS WAY IS MUCH EAISER AND FASTER, AS DOLISP IS CALLED FROM RUNLISP.
ERRORS ----
ONE POSSIBLE ERROR IS THE MEMORY ERROR WHEN TRYING TO EXECUTE THE SHELL
COMMAND FROM AUTOCAD. INCREASE THE MEMORY IN THE ACAD.PGP FILE ON THE
SHELL LINE.
SHELL,,250000,DOS COMMAND:,0
ANOTHER IS THE SCRIPT NOT FOUND ERROR. MAKE SURE THE NEEDED FILES ARE IN
THE AUTOCAD DIRECTORY, OR IN A DIRECTORY THAT IS IN THE PATH STATEMENT IN
YOUR AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE IN THE ROOT DIRECTORY: C:\
PATH=C:/ACAD;C:/DOS
INCLUDED FILES ---- SHAREWARE VERSION 1.0
LOADIT!.EXE THE DOS PROGRAM TO SELECT FILES ON DISK
DOLISP.SCR ACAD SCRIPT FILE TO LOAD THE SELECTED FILE
RUNLISP.SCR ACAD SCRIPT FILE TO START LOADIT!.EXE PROGRAM
LOADIT!.DOC THIS FILE
INSTALL.EXE PROGRAM TO INSTALL FILES TO DISK
CLOSING ----
IF YOU FIND THIS PROGRAM USEFUL AND CONTINUE TO USE IT IN YOUR DAILY
AUTOCAD DRAWINGS, YOU MUST REGISTER BY SENDING $7 TO:
RANDY STEELE
356 ORR AVE.
APOLLO, PA. 15613
THIS WILL GET YOU THE NEXT UPGRADE FREE. THANK YOU!
END OF LOADIT!.DOC ----