Drop an externally saved PDF document with Lisp into the WORKINGFOLDER

[Manuel_Kunde]

Hello all, when I have saved my drawings for the customer as PDF, I still put a PDF document in the folder wich is saved outside of AutoCAD (locally on the computer).
Is it possible to retrieve this file via a Lisp (maybe with a Ghostscript) and put it in the folder where the PDF is stored (Workingfolder)?

(The PDF has multiple pages, so I can't put it on a layout in the DWG file.)

[Steven P]

So you are wanting 2 copies of the PDF, one stored locally and one in the working folder? 

 

Do you use a LISP to plot your PDFs? In which case I would simply change that, duplicate the line that actually plots the PDF and change the filepath part from local-folder to working-folder. Would that work?

[Manuel_Kunde]

1 hour ago, Steven P said:

So you are wanting 2 copies of the PDF, one stored locally and one in the working folder? 

 

Do you use a LISP to plot your PDFs? In which case I would simply change that, duplicate the line that actually plots the PDF and change the filepath part from local-folder to working-folder. Would that work?

 

No, the PDF has nothing to do with the drawing in AutoCAD. It is an external file that I always insert into the folder where the DWG and the drawings.PDF are saved. It is always the same PDF that I add there.

I want to automate this with command.

[Steven P]

Will this help then?

 

http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-12910252-217C-427D-8874-1323611FA74C

[Manuel_Kunde]

1 hour ago, Steven P said:

Will this help then?

 

http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-12910252-217C-427D-8874-1323611FA74C

 

I dont know were to start.

This doesnt work. Any Idea?

 

(defun c:meocopy (/ )
  (vl-file-copy "C:/Anleitung.pdf" "C:/Autodesk/Anleitung.pdf")
  (vl-cmdf "start" "C:\Autodesk\Anleitung.pdf")
  (princ)
)
(princ)

 

[BIGAL]

Look at this example (startapp "C:/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Acrobat Reader DC/Reader/AcroRd32.exe" filename)

 

Or do you mean 

 

(command "-pdfattch" filename pagenumber pt 1 0) 

[Manuel_Kunde]

8 hours ago, BIGAL said:

Look at this example (startapp "C:/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Acrobat Reader DC/Reader/AcroRd32.exe" filename)

 

Or do you mean 

 

(command "-pdfattch" filename pagenumber pt 1 0) 

 

Ok i got it. You have to write the path only with double backslash \\

[BIGAL]

The forward, dbl back slashes depends a bit on file names etc if they have spaces use dbl back slashes. It is easier sometimes to just always use \\. But a syou can see / works for startapp. Yes its confusing. Dont ask about UNIX.

Edited July 7, 2021 by BIGAL