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This routine from Raymond Rizkallah allows you to drive the Windows Command line tool FINDSTR, to search for AutoCAD files that contain a certain string. The Windows Command line t... Read more
You can use Lisp Log (Tip #2204) from Paul Kirill to track the use of your LISP routines by others (or yourself). Be sure to add the source code for this tip into your primary LISP module that load... Read more
LISP Progress Bars (Tip #2205) by Terry Miller is a cool trick for entertaining users when your program is involved in a long iterative process. When applications need a long time to solve a proble... Read more
Create Command Functions (Tip #2207) by Ed Jobe is a way to implement a bridge between VBA macros and AutoCAD's command system using Visual LISP. The LISP code in this tip is meant to be loaded whe... Read more
Another programmer's tool supplied by Michel is Null String Test (Tip #2187). This very simple function exploits the AI tools supplied by Autodesk (see AI_UTILS in your AutoCAD support folder) to t... Read more
Tipster Derek Beals says he and a buddy use this template when creating a new LISP routine. "The template includes all these cool little non-LISP functions we have come up with, so we don't ha... Read more
Fibonacci Sequence Polynomial Factor Computation (Tip #2093) came from Robert Gillies. Rather than explain the Fibonacci sequence and how you can use it in computer simulations along with other ana... Read more
Nick Hofland supplied Yes/No Dialog Box (Tip #2083) for LISP programmers. The dialog box is defined by a simple DCL file that you must place in the AutoCAD search folder for this utility to operate... Read more