why is this not working

[tonyvent]

the following lisp is ending at the first * i try to enter. the command is asking for that to be entered and it just doesnt happen for some reason.

 

(defun c:cfade ( / filename)

  (command "-layer" "xref" "c" "*" "tr" "*" "" "" "")
  (command "-layer" "t" "*" "on" "*" "" "")

  (while (setq filename (getfiled "Select Excel File:" (getvar 'dwgprefix) "xlsx" 2))
    (LayersFromFile filename "Transparency")
    (LayersFromFile filename "Color"))

  (princ)
  )

[rlx]

xref is not an option of the layer command. First try to type the command steps manually and you'll see.

[tonyvent]

it is an option. 

 

[rlx]

oh , ok ... your autocad version is probably newer than mine. Still ,when you type in the commands by hand does it work?

[rlx]

else try command-s and see what happens

[tonyvent]

yes it works by hand which is the weird part. i literally just cant get it to go past entering the *. it doesnt want to add that

 

[rlx]

try add 'All' because I started newer autocad which has the xref option , but after xref option it says Description All

[rlx]

nope it doesn't work at my computer too... if I type xref it only seems to want to reset the xref layers. maybe a bug in autocad? if I want to change the color for example I have to use something like -layer color 001|* red or something. Hope somebody else has a solution for this...

Edited November 30, 2022 by rlx

[Lee Mac]

Try issuing (initcommandversion) prior to the first command call.

[rlx]

44 minutes ago, Lee Mac said:

Try issuing (initcommandversion) prior to the first command call.

tried that but wasn't working but now I see what i did wrong , tried to give a argument