Shawn's AutoCAD Scripter Files

PLEASE BACKUP YOUR DRAWINGS BEFORE SCRIPTING!
If you have any suggestions, send an email to shawndarichuk at gmail dot com 

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**GENERAL INFORMATION**

-Shawn's AutoCAD Scripter creates .config, .bat and .scr files in the same directory as AutoCAD_Scripter.exe, 
so the exe must be in a directory with write access. Do not put it under Program Files.

-It's possible to have AutoCAD_Scripter.exe in two directories so you can run two sets of batches at the same time.
I always thought it was weird that I couldn't do this in EZScript. 

-The program is compiled for .NET framework version 4.5 (Visual Studio's default settings)

-Drawing and script lists can be saved and loaded as XML. You can manually edit these in any text editor.

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**Things I would like to add at some point**

-A zip backup feature would be nice.
-Allow .lsp files to be used. I would need to play with this since I always put my LISP stuff inside .scr files.
-Make it disable the Run Script button when something is added or removed from the drawing or script lists.
The current version allows one to create a script, add or remove drawings, and still be able to run the old script.
I've never had a problem with this, but I see how someone could make a mistake.
-Make the drawing and script lists sortable.
-Pattern matching.
-Include Subdirectories option when finding drawing and script files
-Allow manual setting the number of parallel instances
-Allow parallel instances of AutoCAD (not just parallel console)


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**Change log**

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version 2015-07-16 
(compared to version 2015-07-08)

BUG FIXES:

-Loading an XML file now disables the Run Script button, thereby forcing the user to hit the Create Script button agian.
This should prevent someone from creating a script, loading XML, and then clicking Run Script to run the old script.

-When loading an XML file, all drawing and script paths are verified. Invalid paths are displayed in a messagebox. 
The previous version didn't check anything or give any indication that anything was wrong.

-Loading an XML file now clears the drawing and script lists before adding drawings and scripts.
The old version acted more like an append feature.

-Selecting Run As AutoCAD now changes the displayed number of parallel instances to 1. 


NEW FEATURES:

-The program will now restore the tree views of the previous session. If the previous directory path doesn't exist anymore,
it will go as far as possible. For example, if the previous session's drawing directory was C:\testing\folder1, 
but folder1 no longer exists, it will restore the session as C:\testing

-Drawings and scripts can now be added by hitting Enter, or removed by hitting Delete.
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