{"id":2050,"date":"2016-02-25T17:03:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T01:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2020-04-07T14:57:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T21:57:34","slug":"bootstrap-autocad-deployments-customizations-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/bootstrap-autocad-deployments-customizations-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Bootstrap AutoCAD Deployments for Customizations (8)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week you saw\u00a0how to gather\u00a0catalog data\u00a0so it could\u00a0be added automatically to the Content Browser, a feature in such AutoCAD\u00ae-based products as AutoCAD Civil 3D and AutoCAD MEP (Bootstrap AutoCAD Deployments for Customizations Part 7<\/a>). All we have to do now is\u00a0work in a little more code.<\/p>\n

Code\u2026 Why did it have to be more code?<\/h2>\n

Hey, I like to write code. And it feels great\u00a0when you get AutoCAD to do exactly what you want. I’ve\u00a0tried to make coding\u00a0easy, and maybe even a bit fun, for you too.<\/p>\n

OK. Let’s\u00a0finish up. Here’s the code. The only parts you need to edit are at the very beginning and marked between comments.<\/p>\n

;; Add catalog to Content Browser
\n;; Edit items below
\n(setq regKey \"HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareAutodeskAutodesk Content Browser78RegisteredCatalogs\")
\n(setq itemID \"{6F6953A6-B6DA-494B-83E4-21BCF9710EC9}\")
\n(setq image \"P:autocad_mep_2015tool_catalogsstantec_2048Imagesstantec_logo_2.png\")
\n(setq url \"P:autocad_mep_2015tool_catalogsstantec_2048stantec_2048_tools.atc\")
\n(setq displayName \"Stantec 2048 Tools\")
\n(setq description \"Stantec BC 2048's Devices and Tools\")
\n(setq coverPage \"P:autocad_mep_2015tool_catalogsstantec_2048cover_page.html\")
\n(setq publisher \"Stantec BC 2048\")
\n(setq toolTip \"Stantec BC 2048's Devices and Tools\")
\n;; Edit items above
\n(vl-registry-write regKey \"Registered\" 0)
\n(setq regKey (strcat regKey \"\" itemID \"-Catalog\"))
\n(cond ((not (vl-registry-read regKey \"ItemID\"))
\n(mapcar (function (lambda (a) (vl-registry-write regKey (car a) (cdr a))))
\n(list (cons \"ItemID\" itemID)
\n(cons \"Url\" url)
\n(cons \"DisplayName\" displayName)
\n(cons \"Description\" description)
\n(cons \"Image\" image)
\n(cons \"CoverPage\" coverPage)
\n(cons \"Publisher\" publisher)
\n(cons \"ToolTip\" toolTip)
\n(cons \"Type\" 2)
\n(cons \"AccessRight\" \"1\")))))<\/code><\/p>\n

Be mindful of the double backslashes\u2013especially when you copy the registry key (the bit that starts with HKEY_CURRENT_USER) from the registry file into the code. Except for the registry key, you can copy and paste all\u00a0items directly\u2014just make sure you preserve the\u00a0double quotes in each line. Using\u00a0the Visual LISP IDE is nice here because of the syntax color coding. See Figure 1.<\/p>\n

\"Color<\/a>

Figure 1: Seeing colors with the Visual LISP IDE (integrated development environment).<\/p><\/div>\n

Content Browser code explained<\/h2>\n

Lines 3 through\u00a011 (the lines between the comments) set the data for the rest of the code.<\/p>\n

(vl-registry-write regKey \"Registered\" 0)<\/code>
\nThis line informs the Content Browser that an unregistered catalog has been added thru the registry. The Content Browser will register any new catalogs the next time it is launched.<\/p>\n

(setq regKey (strcat regKey \"\" itemID \"-Catalog\"))<\/code>
\nThis creates the registry key for the actual catalog. We’re redefining the variable regKey using the original value for the variable, and\u00a0bugs can creep in when you change data in a variable to data from the same variable. But this is a simple bit of code so… go for it.<\/p>\n

(cond ((not (vl-registry-read regKey \"ItemID\"))<\/code>
\nThis line checks to see if the catalog already exists. If it does, the rest of the code will not execute.<\/p>\n

(mapcar (function (lambda (a) (vl-registry-write regKey (car a) (cdr a))))
\n(list (cons \"ItemID\" itemID)
\n(cons \"Url\" url)
\n(cons \"DisplayName\" displayName)
\n(cons \"Description\" description)
\n(cons \"Image\" image)
\n(cons \"CoverPage\" coverPage)
\n(cons \"Publisher\" publisher)
\n(cons \"ToolTip\" toolTip)
\n(cons \"Type\" 2)
\n(cons \"AccessRight\" \"1\")))))<\/code>
\nThis section of code writes each line of information into the registry, which ensures\u00a0the catalog loads when the Content Browser launches. I set up the\u00a0last two lines\u00a0(the ones with\u00a0\u201cType\u201d and \u201cAccessRight\u201d) so they\u00a0do not get data from the exported registry file.\u00a0Why? Because….<\/p>\n