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    skeletank
    Posts: 19
    Registered: ‎08-25-2010
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    Dynamically load commands at AutoCAD start

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    08-25-2010 06:33 AM

    Right now I have some explicitly defined commands in C# code like such:

     

    [CommandMethod("SomeCommand")]

    public static void SomeCommand()

    {
       //Code
    }

     

    There used to be a large number of AutoCAD scripts that frequently change.  Each script was tied to a command using AutoLISP.  Now I have all of the script information stored in a sql database.  Included in the database information for each script is the old command name.  I need a way using C# to register these commands when I NETLOAD my dll.  Is this or a similar method possible? 

     

    I already have two possible solutions but they are not preferred.

     

    1.  Create one explicitly defined command which takes the old command as a parameter.  This option is probably not possible because the users are used to the command names and would prefer not to have to type more. 

     

    2.  Create a code generator to explicitly define the commands.  The code generator would defeat the purpose of having a database because you would have to recompile whenever a new command is added, one is deleted, etc.

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    Posts: 305
    Registered: ‎01-26-2005

    Re: Dynamically load commands at AutoCAD start

    08-26-2010 04:26 AM in reply to: skeletank

    The undocumented AddCommand() method of the

    Autodesk.AutoCAD.Internal.Utils class will do it.



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