Carlson Software Forum

Twice in the past 7 days I have had to endure a countdown timer after making a typo that was a Quick Key for a module I don't have a license for.

Come on. I can understand a warning dialog but are these stupid timers really necessary???

And while we're at it. Let's get rid of the stupid message that says "License of SCAD_2007_CIVIL granted successfully" if the command worked I know the license was granted successfully. I don't need to be reminded of it constantly throughout the day.

How about if you have the software notify me when the license isn't granted? Without a timer please.

I concur... out with the timer.

AND/OR fix my tool bars to NOT have buttons that I cannot use.

Yes...the timer thing kills me when I mis-hit a key stroke...

Any of you incurring a slight pause in 2012, happens every 5 mins or so. No it's not my Autosave. that is set to 10 and for some reason gets shut off randomly as it is.

Nope. Not getting a slight pause with 2012. Except for the other day when I hit "NM" accidentally and set off the Carlson timer(s).

Do you happen to be using the PUBLISH command? It will set your SAVETIME variable to 0 and not set it back.

I use a reactor to alert me when my SAVETIME gets set to 0 and it always goes off when I use PUBLISH.

reactor? What is that and how can i set it up?

monksjm wrote:reactor? What is that and how can i set it up?

A reactor is defined using Visual Lisp and it checks what the user is doing and can trigger programs to react to user input. Carlson uses them a lot.

Unfortunately I can't share my reactor code with you because it is the property of the company I work for since I coded it on their time.

If you are familiar with the AutoCAD User Group International (AUGI) forums. You might go over there and search for one called ALERTME.

My code works similar to that reactor but mine has a few bells and whistles it doesn't, like telling me what command set my SAVETIME to 0.

Give the following link a look. It has the reactor I mentioned.

http://cadpanacea.com/node/53