online screen menus

[germinator]

hello

 

something's changed in my autocad 2012 setup and I'm being asked to provide full written addesses within the system for files I want to "save as" under a different name, or insert as raster images for example. the moment I click on "save as" an on screen request pops up, like the one you see in the picture (my autocad is in french), asking me to provide the full path to where the file should be saved, instead of a window where I can browse.

 

this is slowing me down massively and I have tried every possible set up change. can anybody help?

 

many thanks

[Dadgad]

Welcome to the forum.

Try turning off your DYNAMIC INPUT?

[Dadgad]

What is your default File Type for SAVEAS?

[Dadgad]

Have you checked the PROFILE which is currently active in OPTIONS?

 

I've never seen that before, might it be a WINDOWS folder option which has been changed?

[ReMark]

Is the system variable FILEDIA set to a value of "1"?

 

This can be checked at the command line.

[Dadgad]

Is the system variable FILEDIA set to a value of "1"?

 

This can be checked at the command line.

 

Yeah ReMark, that seems a likely culprit!

[germinator]

ReMark, thanks very much

you hit the (autocad) nail right on the head

I would have never found that one, and now I wonder how it got changed int he first place?

have a good day

[ReMark]

It may have been changed when you used a custom lisp routine.

[SLW210]

It may have been changed when you used a custom lisp routine.

 

Not necessarily, some AutoCAD commands and several Express tools may also do this, when you cancel in the middle of a command.