exposing .NET to COM-based apps

[phtj]

Hi all,

I have a COM based application that needs to access the AutoCAD and Revit apis. With AutoCAD, I could use the ActiveX interface, but this is not available for Revit. I am wondering if there is a way of exposing the .NET AutoCAD / Revit api to my COM application?

Thanks for any help.

Patrick

[phtj]

Hi again,

Following up on my last post, I have read in some of the documentation that the REGASM tool can be used to register the metadata from a .NET component in the System Registry.

Has anyone tried that? I guess that would be with both acdbmgd.dll and acmgd.dll...

Thanks

Patrick
Patrick

[Anonymous]

Unlike COM automation, the .NET APIs can not be used out-of-process.
AutoCAD applications which use the .NET APIs must be loaded into AutoCAD,
just like ObjectARX applications.

Dan

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Hi all,

I have a COM based application that needs to access the AutoCAD and Revit
apis. With AutoCAD, I could use the ActiveX interface, but this is not
available for Revit. I am wondering if there is a way of exposing the .NET
AutoCAD / Revit api to my COM application?

Thanks for any help.

Patrick

[Anonymous]

The managed interop assemblies are not remotable,
which means that you cannot create or manipulate
objects from those assemblies, from another process.

Your only option is to create a remotable layer
using COM, that is loaded into the host process
(AutoCAD or Revit), and have it manipulate the
non-remotable parts.

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wrote in message news:5388749@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hi all,

I have a COM based application that needs to access the AutoCAD and Revit apis. With AutoCAD, I could use the ActiveX interface, but this is not available for Revit. I am wondering if there is a way of exposing the .NET AutoCAD / Revit api to my COM application?

Thanks for any help.

Patrick

[phtj]

oh dear