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Workaround for the missing (vlax-create-object) in AutoCAD LT (voice, clipboard, etc.)

One of the limitations of the AutoLISP support in AutoCAD LT (2024 and higher) is the missing function which allows creating external objects - (vlax-create-object) (does not work and always returns nil in LT).

For some add-on applications you can circumvent this limitation by invoking the object creation function through the Windows interpreter for Microsoft HTML Applications - MSHTA.

This is e.g. a LISP code which invokes voice output from AutoCAD LT:

(setq sptext "Hello world") (startapp (strcat "mshta.exe vbscript:close(CreateObject(\"Sapi.SpVoice\").Speak(\"" sptext "\",0))"))

Or better yet - this code copies the given, e.g. generated/computed text to Windows Clipboard in AutoCAD LT:

(setq cltext "Hello world!") (startapp (strcat "mshta.exe vbscript:close(CreateObject(\"WScript.Shell\").Exec(\"clip\").stdIn.WriteLine(\"" cltext "\"))"))

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See also:
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Tip 14006:	Universal MsgBox in AutoLISP.
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