Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Let's dumb things down a little more, shall we?


I was out behind AutoCAD to tweak my automation stuff: to get it to recognize a new block I made so it will know how to handle that block for me. In the automation code that counts the steel parts I put in a drawing, if it finds this new block I want it to explode the block and count the steel parts that were in it. That way I can use the block to insert the parts, and I don't have to remember to explode the block so it can count the parts for me. It handles the exploding for me, and the counting.

No real biggie if you know how to do it. But it is pretty advanced stuff, and it makes my job a lot easier.

So anyway, in order to modify the code, I had to type my password. And wouldn't you know it, I hit one key and got this message:


Caps Lock is On.

Having Caps Lock on may cause you to enter your password incorrectly.

You should press Caps Lock to turn it off before entering your password.

Hey. I use VBA to automate the work I do in AutoCAD and Excel. Maybe they don't have to explain to me how to turn Caps Lock off.