From: Andrew Nesterov
Subject: Problem with use VLISP: command MTEXT
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <913587002.166054@lazy>

Help!
Problem with use VLISP.
The command MTEXT does not work with start from VLISP.
Look a test example:

(defun C:TEST (/)
  (command "-mtext" (list 0 100) "H" 5 (list 100 0)
  "The test of performance of a command MTEXT from the LISP program." "")
  (command "ZOOM" "_E")
)

The test correctly works with start _ appload and does not work with start
from VLISP.
Help to solve a problem.
Excuse me for bad English.
Andrew

From: Terry W. Dotson
Subject: Re: Problem with use VLISP: command MTEXT
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <36751A4B.9F97278C@domain.com>

Andrew Nesterov wrote:

> The command MTEXT does not work with start from VLISP.

From the VLISP Readme:

    There is a problem in ARX/ADS communication with Visual LISP
    that causes external commands requiring arguments to fail
    when called from Visual LISP. This problem has appeared with
    the following AutoCAD commands:

      ASEADMIN
      CHANGE
      DRAWORDER
      DTEXT
      IMAGE
      IMAGECLIP
      MTEDIT
      MTEXT
      RECTANG
      VBAIDE
      VBALOAD
      VBARUN
      VBAUNLOAD

Use (entmake) or the ActiveX AddMtext instead.

Good Luck, Terry

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