Rib.lsp for 2008?

[ohiocad]

A while ago, I downloaded the re-insert block lisp, rib.lsp, from the Cadalyst website (tip 2154), and have used it with no problems for a while, and found it to be a BIG time saver. (Big kudos to Will DeLoach who is listed as the author)

We recently upgraded from Acad 2006 to Acad 2008, and I get an error when trying to run it. I'm not really very familiar with lisp, and was hoping someone can name an easy fix for it.

The error message that I get is:

; error: no function definition: VLAX-ENAME->VLA-OBJECT

I can post the code if need be, but I figure a lot of others will have this already. As another option, is this built into 2008? If so, I haven't been able to find it.

Any help appreciated

 

[CarlB]

I would be surprised any vlisp functions were removed in 2008 that were there since at least 2005. You might need to load the visual lisp extensions with "vl-load-com. Try typing the following on the command line,

(vl-load-com)

then run the lisp. If this works, you could add the statement to the first line of the lisp routine -after (defun ....

 

[ohiocad]

That did it, CarlB. Thanks for the reply.

Any particular reason that 06 would load that, and 08 by default wouldn't? We haven't customized that for anything that I am aware of, and 08 installed with typical settings, then migrated my 06 settings upon startup. I gues I figured that would have pulled anything like that.

Following is the first few lines of the lisp, but I am not sure of the syntax to insert that command you gave me into the lisp file.
-----------------
(defun c:rib (/
ss ; selection set of block to redefine
ent ; entity name of block
obj ; object of the entity
name ; name of block
path ; short path of block location
file ; full path of block location
)
(while (not ss)
-----------------

Is it as simple as placing
(lv-load-com)
just above (while (not ss)?

 

[CarlB]

"Is it as simple as placing
(lv-load-com)
just above (while (not ss)?"


Yes, but "vl" not "lv"

 

[ohiocad]

Oops.... I cna tpye welll.

Thanks again for the help, you just saved me hours, this week alone.