using ObjectARX in an out of process program

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

I am trying to use ObjectARX in an out of process automation program using vb.net 2005. The automation program opens an instance of Autocad in the background and presents the user with a GUI.

I added the references
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2009\acdbmgd.dll
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2009\acmgd.dll
and set both to copy local = false.

On my main form I added a button for testing:
Dim ed As Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput.Editor = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor
ed.WriteMessage("\nSheetset database not initialized!!")

It compiles and runs but when I click the bottun, I get a file not found exception with something like:
'acmgd, Version=17.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'

Can help me resolve this problem? Any help is appreciated


-Vincent

[Anonymous]

You can't use ObjectARX (native or managed) from another process.

It's use is limited to DLLs that are loaded into AutoCAD's process.

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Hi All, I am trying to use ObjectARX in an out of process automation program using vb.net 2005. The automation program opens an instance of Autocad in the background and presents the user with a GUI. I added the references C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2009\acdbmgd.dll C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2009\acmgd.dll and set both to copy local = false. On my main form I added a button for testing: Dim ed As Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput.Editor = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor ed.WriteMessage("\nSheetset database not initialized!!") It compiles and runs but when I click the bottun, I get a file not found exception with something like: 'acmgd, Version=17.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' Can help me resolve this problem? Any help is appreciated -Vincent

[Anonymous]

actually I found that you can, in a way. You have to make a DLL that uses ObjectARX and use COM to expose those functions/classes to out of process programs. You also have to get a pointer to the DLL through Autocad using GetInterfaceObject to load the dll into Autotocad's in-process space.