ing. PIERO BARTERA, ANYCOM PowerBASIC Peer Support Community (original) (raw)
A possible clue as to why it's not working?
This appeared in one of my mailboxes (email,phone,IP address obfuscated):
You have received a new message from your website.
Name: PIERO BARTERA
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Message: ret& = SHELL ("acad.exe", 1) why doesn't it work for me?
Date: 29 May, 2025 17:00 Remote IP: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Looks like ACAD is either not (properly) installed, or not in path.
See comment in Börje's link above:
'Autoexec.bat path setting must include the AutoCAD's shared directory
' in order to access AutoCAD's DLL files.
'
' SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared