How to run Lee Mac's "my_plot" for read-only drawing because it has been opened by someone else

[NghiaKieu]

When opening the drawing, the read-only dialog box appears and lisp is not working. Help me pls!

My_Plot.LSP

[NghiaKieu]

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[BIGAL]

You can check if a dwg has the attribute set to read only so can do the open with an extra yes. Just goggle check file attribute.

[tombu]

You should have asked for help where you found the code posted by CafeJr, I'm not sure the my_plot portion of the code was written by Lee Mac. 

https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/63153-batch-print-to-pdf/?do=findComment&comment=521059

 

[NghiaKieu]

1 hour ago, BIGAL said:

You can check if a dwg has the attribute set to read only so can do the open with an extra yes. Just goggle check file attribute.

That drawing was opened by someone else, so when I opened it with lisp, a read-only dialog box was displayed and lisp couldn't work anymore. How can I run this lisp with read-only drawing when open? Thanks!

[NghiaKieu]

58 minutes ago, tombu said:

You should have asked for help where you found the code posted by CafeJr, I'm not sure the my_plot portion of the code was written by Lee Mac. 

https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/63153-batch-print-to-pdf/?do=findComment&comment=521059

 

The problem I want to help is how I run this lisp with read-only drawings that have been opened by others? Thanks!

[BIGAL]

If the dwg has a filename.dwl its open by someone else, but a warning if a dwg crashes the dwl can be left behind. So maybe a double check dwl and file att read only.

 

Part of my file clean-ups was to delete dwl's can not delete one open.

Edited May 11, 2020 by BIGAL

[NghiaKieu]

1 hour ago, BIGAL said:

If the dwg has a filename.dwl its open by someone else, but a warning if a dwg crashes the dwl can be left behind. So maybe a double check dwl and file att read only.

 

Part of my file clean-ups was to delete dwl's can not delete one open.

What if I have the drawing open but I run a this lisp from another drawing? Do I need to close it or create another drawing to run this lisp?

[BIGAL]

To auto plot a group of dwg's including one that is open even if it opens it will not be an updated version till you save or close. So close and run.

[NghiaKieu]

49 minutes ago, BIGAL said:

To auto plot a group of dwg's including one that is open even if it opens it will not be an updated version till you save or close. So close and run.

Thank you for your help!