ActiveX/VBA Technical Newsletter - September 1999

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ActiveX/VBA Technical Newsletter - September 1999  
This document is part of    AutoCAD VB(A) Newsletter Archive     



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Struggling to get programmetic access to Wipeouts? Want to change the
draworder? Want to display one of the AutoCAD standard dialogs such as
file open? You can do these and more in this edition's featured tool.

Table of Contents
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(1) Featured Tool: AsdkUnsupp2000
(2) New Solutions
(3) Check out our tools/utilities for the Automation developer

(1) Featured Sample: AsdkUnsupp2000
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The AutoCAD Automation Object Model is easily extensible by using ObjectARX.
This utility extends the AutoCAD 2000 Automation API with stuff that you
most frequently requested. Please note that the utility is frequently updated
to cover new areas, so please check back often.

Features:
-Programmetic access to Wipeouts, Draworder, embedded OLE objects in the
drawing file.
-Common AutoCAD dialogs (save, open, color, hatch pattern, plot style,
line weight, line type dialog)
-Fix for the AutoCAD bug that prevents you from creating anonymous groups
-Block,Group,Dwt file description
-Methods that let you access multiple AutoCAD sessions running on the same
computer
-Property that lets you access the command line arguments of AutoCAD

Download it from:
/cgi-bin/solution.pl?SID=41853

(2) New Solutions
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42822 HOW TO CREATE TOLERANCE SYMBOLS THROUGH ACTIVEX
/cgi-bin/solution.pl?SID=42822

38673 HOW TO CREATE A BLOCK DEFINITION
/cgi-bin/solution.pl?SID=38673

(3) Check out our tools for the Automation developer
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In addition to this edition's featured tool we have a great collection of
tools and utilities that you may find useful when working with the Automation
API in AutoCAD.

-VBA Properties Window Property Enabler
This tool lets you create 'dynamic properties' in the Properties Window of
AutoCAD 2000 using VB(A).Have you ever wanted to show all that xdata that you
have on AutoCAD objects directly to the users so they can view and/or edit it?
Here's your chance to do it using VB(A)!
http://adn.autodesk.com/techsupp/utilitiesasdkopmx.zip

-AutoCAD Dockable ActiveX Control Container
All you need is VB and you can create you custom dockable modeless form. Check this out!
http://adn.autodesk.com/techsupp/utilitiesaccont.zip

-Controls

AutoCAD Color control and dialog box
http://adn.autodesk.com/techsupp/utilitiesacadcolor.zip

AutoCAD DWG preview image control
http://adn.autodesk.com/techsupp/utilitiesdwgthumbnail.zip

AutoCAD Hatch Pattern control (*.pat)
http://adn.autodesk.com/techsupp/utilitieshatchpattern.zip

AutoCAD Layer control
http://adn.autodesk.com/techsupp/utilitiesacadlayer.zip

AutoCAD Slide control (*.sld, *.slb)
http://adn.autodesk.com/techsupp/utilitiesslide.zip

AutoCAD Linetype/Lineweight control (*.lin)
http://adn.autodesk.com/techsupp/utilitiesacadlinetype.zip

Other controls coming soon to the ADN website:
-Property Control (Similar to the AutoCAD 2000 Properties Window)
-UCS Control

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