ActiveX/VBA Technical Newsletter - June 2000

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ActiveX/VBA Technical Newsletter - June 2000  
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AutoCAD ActiveX/VBA Technical Newsletter - June 22nd. 2000
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Note: Welcome to the June 2000 edition of the ActiveX/VBA Technical
Newsletter. First let us apologize to those of you who were expecting
a May 2000 edition of the ActiveX/VBA Technical Newsletter. We did
not post an ActiveX/VBA newsletter for May 2000.
  

Dear AutoCAD ActiveX/VBA Developer,
  

Table of Contents:
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1. AutoCAD 2000i Beta1 uses VBA version 6
2. Q244224 - BUG: VBA6 Extensibility Library Breaks
   Code Written for VBA5 Extensibility Library
3. Autodesk DCG OCX controls updated to support Windows 2000
4. Announcing ADN e-Learning Courses on Autodesk e-Learning Website!
  
  
1. AutoCAD 2000i Beta1 uses VBA version 6
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AutoCAD 2000i Beta1 uses Microsoft VBA 6 versus version 5 for previous
AutoCAD releases. Developer and end-users can now benefit from VB 6.0
features in AutoCAD 2000i. For more information please read:
  
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vba/corpdev/default.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vba/corpdev/Prodinfo/features.asp
  
  
2. Q244224 - BUG: VBA6 Extensibility Library Breaks
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   Code Written for VBA5 Extensibility Library
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On computers that have both the VBA5 Extensibility library (vbeext1.olb)
and the VBA6 Extensibility library (vbe6ext.olb), cross-process
automation of the VBA5 Extensibility Object Model fails. In C++
applications, this appears as a failure. For more information please read:
  
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q244/2/24.ASP
  

3. Autodesk DCG OCX controls updated to support Windows 2000
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The Developer Consulting Group OCX controls have been updated to fully
support Windows 2000. They are now available on the ADN WEB at:
  
http://adn.autodesk.com/techsupp/solutions/_Controls.htm

4. Announcing ADN e-Learning Courses on Autodesk e-Learning Website!
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ADN e-Learning courses are now available on the Autodesk e-Learning
Website at the following URL:

http://www.autodesk.com/e-learning

The main features of the website include (see the related Press Release)
at the following URL:

http://www3.autodesk.com/adsk/item/0,,282165,00.html

Bringing together online courses, e-courseware, and virtual classroom
training in a one-stop website*

Providing access to the courses to all of our Autodesk partners and users
(including non-ADN members)

Some free preview courses to get you started.

More than 2,600 courses on operating systems, database, network
administration, programming, strategic planning, communications,
management, and more besides courses on Autodesk products.

We now have e-Learning modules with HTML and streaming audio for
2 ObjectARX2000 labs, 2 Visual LISP lessons and an introductory module
for Actrix Technical API on the Autodesk e-Learning website.

We will continue to roll out more and more ADN courses on this website,
in the coming weeks.

*Presently, ADN material is only provided as online training material
on the Autodesk e-Learning website.

Actions:

Please test drive free courses for your team
http://www.headlight.com/promo/sign_others_up/1,1346,ad-,00.html

Please test drive free courses for yourself
http://www.headlight.com/promo/b ... ,1606,ad-74,00.html

Please familiarize yourself with the customization area of the web site
http://www.headlight.com/browse_channels/0,1036,ad-675,00.html

Consider participating in the relevant chat session
http://adn.autodesk.com/techsupp/training/ecschedule.htm

We welcome your feedback on the material and what material and chat sessions
you need most in the future.

Please e-mail <adn-training-worldwide@autodesk.com> with your input.

Please watch this space for future material, chat schedules and more
information on the ADN e-Learning program.

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