ACLT.mns menu file saving
ACLT.mns menu file saving
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Can someone explain the logic AutoCAD uses in updating .mns files? I am tinkering with a series of menus and was attempting to isloate all customization within the ACLT menu, save it as a seperate menu file, and maintain a generic "out of the box" version of the ACLT menu.
I have the menus seperated, but now the ACLT.mns file is not being updated. At first I thought that when I executed MENULOAD, and browsed to the directory "AcadLT2002/Support" for the generic ACLT.mns, and then loaded it, that maybe it was saving the new .mns in another directory but I couldn't find it anywhere. The previous version of ACLT.mns (with customized toolbars) was being updated in the root directory every time I moved a tool bar. Once I changed to the generic ACLT.mns, it only updated the compiled file .mnc. All of these files were tagged as "archive" by Windows 2000.
Am I missing something obvious, or is there a secret handshake? Is there something particular in the specified file paths under preferences that would cause this?
Any and all help is appreciated.
Bill
Racer24ksi
I have the menus seperated, but now the ACLT.mns file is not being updated. At first I thought that when I executed MENULOAD, and browsed to the directory "AcadLT2002/Support" for the generic ACLT.mns, and then loaded it, that maybe it was saving the new .mns in another directory but I couldn't find it anywhere. The previous version of ACLT.mns (with customized toolbars) was being updated in the root directory every time I moved a tool bar. Once I changed to the generic ACLT.mns, it only updated the compiled file .mnc. All of these files were tagged as "archive" by Windows 2000.
Am I missing something obvious, or is there a secret handshake? Is there something particular in the specified file paths under preferences that would cause this?
Any and all help is appreciated.
Bill
Racer24ksi





RE: ACLT.mns menu file saving
RE: ACLT.mns menu file saving
I believe that it stores the original locations of toolbars in the .mns, and when they get moved, (not changed, just relocated on the screen) it changes the autocad configuration file when Autocad loads. We set our custom toobars to just appear in the middle of the screen when first loaded, so the user can place them wherever they wish, instead of trying to set them up as docked from the start. (We tried that originally, but the resolutions are different from one computer to the next, depending on preference, and on some machines, this pushed the toolbars off screen)
RE: ACLT.mns menu file saving
RE: ACLT.mns menu file saving