setcfg (AutoLISP)

Obsolete. Writes application data to the AppData section of the acad20xx.cfg file

Note: This function might be removed in a future release. As an alternative, use the vl-registry-write function to store application data in the Windows Registry on Windows or property list file on Mac OS.

Supported Platforms: Windows and Mac OS

Signature

(setcfg cfgname cfgval)

cfgname

Type: String

Section and parameter to set with the value of cfgval. The cfgname argument must be a string of the following form:

AppData/application_name/section_name/.../param_name

The string can be up to 496 characters long.

cfgval

Type: String

Application data. The string can be up to 512 characters in length. Larger strings are accepted by setcfg, but cannot be returned by getcfg.

Return Values

If successful, setcfg returns cfgval. If cfgname is not valid, setcfg returns nil.

Examples

The following code sets the WallThk parameter in the AppData/ArchStuff section to 8, and returns the string “8”:

(setcfg "AppData/ArchStuff/WallThk" "8")
"8"