Add handlers on Drawing open

[Anonymous]

Hi,
i had an idea of adding some event handlers, without user interaction.
At first, i thought i will write a CommandMethod and run it as a command from acad.lsp, but then i found an article about running VBA macros at startup using only VBA, which brought me to the idea, that this could be done using only .NET
Is it actually possible to run some .NET code at AutoCAD startup without having to use LISP?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Download this file, and look at the included files
ExtensionApplicationInfo.cs and MyApplication.cs
to see how it's done:

http://www.caddzone.com/LayerHelper.zip


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wrote in message news:6399520@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hi,
i had an idea of adding some event handlers, without user interaction.
At first, i thought i will write a CommandMethod and run it as a command from
acad.lsp, but then i found an article about running VBA macros at startup using
only VBA, which brought me to the idea, that this could be done using only .NET
Is it actually possible to run some .NET code at AutoCAD startup without having
to use LISP?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

if i understand it right, the code is for automatic registering commands, instead of using netload

but I want a different thing, let me give an example:

i can have an Acad.lsp that contains a line: (princ "Welcome and have a nice day working on this drawing.")

that way, everytime you open a drawing or start a new one, you get this message in the command line

this can be done in .NET using the handler for EndOpen event, but first i need to add the handler and i want the handler to be added automatically on every Autocad start

if this can be done using that code, you provided, than i probably didn't understand the code

[_gile]

Hi,

You can try something like this, but it have to be registred or netloaded via acad.lsp to be loaded at each AutoCAD session start.

{code}using Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime;

namespace DocumentCreatedEventSample
{
public class Welcome : IExtensionApplication
{
private DocumentCollection docMan = Application.DocumentManager;

public void Initialize()
{
docMan.DocumentCreated += new DocumentCollectionEventHandler(docMan_DocumentCreated);
DoIt();
}

public void Terminate()
{
}

void docMan_DocumentCreated(object sender, DocumentCollectionEventArgs e)
{
DoIt();
}

private void DoIt()
{
Application.ShowAlertDialog(
"Welcome and have a nice day working on this drawing.");
}
}
}
{code}

[Anonymous]

The code is not only for automatic registering of commands
but also for automatic registering of an assembly to load when
AutoCAD starts, which is what you must to do in order for your
code to add the needed event handler.

You can use the ExtensionApplicationInfo class to register
your assembly to load automatically when AutoCAD starts
(as per the example in MyApplication.cs)

Then, in your IExtensionApplication's Initialize() method you
can add the handler for the DocumentCreated event.

_gile's post shows what you need to insofar as adding the
handler for the event.


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wrote in message news:6399901@discussion.autodesk.com...
if i understand it right, the code is for automatic registering commands,
instead of using netload

but I want a different thing, let me give an example:

i can have an Acad.lsp that contains a line: (princ "Welcome and have a nice day
working on this drawing.")

that way, everytime you open a drawing or start a new one, you get this message
in the command line

this can be done in .NET using the handler for EndOpen event, but first i need
to add the handler and i want the handler to be added automatically on every
Autocad start

if this can be done using that code, you provided, than i probably didn't
understand the code

[Anonymous]

thank you, that's exactly what i needed

Tony, now i see that it's also in your code, but it was too much for me to find it there, because i didn't know exactly what i was looking for

this is how it looks in VB, just in case someone else needed it:

Public Class Welcome
Implements Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.IExtensionApplication


Private docMan As DocumentCollection = Application.DocumentManager

Public Sub Initialize() Implements IExtensionApplication.Initialize

AddHandler docMan.DocumentCreated, AddressOf docMan_DocumentCreated
DoIt()

End Sub


Public Sub Terminate() Implements IExtensionApplication.Terminate

End Sub


Sub docMan_DocumentCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DocumentCollectionEventArgs)

DoIt()

End Sub


Private Sub DoIt()

Application.ShowAlertDialog("Welcome and have a nice day working on this drawing.")

End Sub

End Class

[Anonymous]

how can i add code to look readable like yours?