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Detect Autocad version - three questions

alex_b — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:38:10 GMT

The questions refer to an out-of-process program and a system with multiple Autocad versions installed.

Q1: How do we detect the last run Autocad version?

Somewhere between 2004 and 2008, the system registry doesn't point to the last run version any more, but points

instead to AcLauncher.exe which, presumably' has the info.

The question is: How to get the actual path to or the version of, the last-run Acad.exe?

Q2: How does one detect which Autocad version is currently running?

Q3: How does one detect the Autocad version of a .dwg file?

Quite a mouthfull, but with your help I hope to find the solutions.

Thanks

alex

Re: Detect Autocad version - three questions

arcticad — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:04:45 GMT

Here is the answers to questions 2 and 3

    Public Sub getACAD()
        Dim ProcessList As System.Diagnostics.Process()
        Dim Proc As System.Diagnostics.Process

        ProcessList = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses()

        For Each Proc In ProcessList
            If UCase(CStr(Proc.ProcessName)) = UCase("acad") Then
                ' FOUND RUNNING COPY
            End If
        Next
    End Sub

http://cadpanacea.com/node/359

header    AutoCAD Version
AC1027    AutoCAD 2013
AC1024    AutoCAD 2010,2011,2012
AC1021    AutoCAD 2007, 2008, 2009
AC1018    AutoCAD 2004, 2005, 2006
AC1015    AutoCAD 2000, 2000i, 2002
AC1014    AutoCAD Release 14
AC1013    AutoCAD Release 13
AC1009    AutoCAD Release 11, 12
AC1006    AutoCAD Release 10
AC1004    AutoCAD Release 9
AC1003    AutoCAD 2.6
AC1002    AutoCAD 2.5

 Function is2010(ByVal filename As String) As Boolean
        'Return False
        Dim rtnCheck As Boolean = False

        If isFileInUse(filename) Then
            filename = createTempFileName(filename)
        End If

        Dim objReader As IO.StreamReader
        Dim txtContents As String
        ' Check if File Exists
        If IO.File.Exists(filename) Then
            objReader = IO.File.OpenText(filename)
            'Read all the Text in the File
            Do While objReader.Peek <> -1
                txtContents = objReader.ReadLine()
                '     MsgBox(txtContents.Substring(0, 6))
                If txtContents.Substring(0, 6) = "AC1024" Then
                    rtnCheck = True
                End If
                Exit Do
            Loop
            ' Don't forget to close the file
            objReader.Close()
            objReader = Nothing
        End If

        Return rtnCheck

    End Function

Re: Detect Autocad version - three questions

alex_b — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:06:26 GMT

Thank you Arcticad.

is2010() looks just what I need. I'll just translate it to C# and try it.

Re: your sub getAcad(): OK, we found a running acad, now how do we detect which version it is?

Re: Detect Autocad version - three questions

Alexander.Rivilis — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:43:42 GMT

Look at http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/installation/ and check function GetAutoCADKey.

Also if you use function getACAD (by articad) you can get full path to acad.exe, i.e. Proc.MainModule.FileName

Re: Detect Autocad version - three questions

alex_b — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:00:57 GMT

arcticad, here is your function translated to C# and beefed-up a little:

public string[] getRunningAcadVersions()
		{
			List<string> result = new List<string>();
			Process[] processList = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses();
			foreach (Process proc in processList)
			{
				if (proc.ProcessName.ToString().ToUpper() == "ACAD")
				{
					FileVersionInfo versionInfo = proc.MainModule.FileVersionInfo;
					int versionMajor = versionInfo.FileMajorPart;
					int versionMinor = versionInfo.FileMinorPart;
					string version = versionMajor.ToString("X") + "." + versionMinor.ToString("X");
					result.Add(version);
				}
			}
			return result.ToArray();
		}

May it help others.

Re: Detect Autocad version - three questions

alex_b — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:45:03 GMT

Awesome.

I wasn't aware of the CurVer key.

I kept using Win32API.FindExecutable(".dwg") and it pointed to AcLauncher.exe.

Now it's OK

Thank you, Alexander, and Thank you, arcticad.

Re: Detect Autocad version - three questions

Alexander.Rivilis — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:53:43 GMT

@alex_b wrote:
...I wasn't aware of the CurVer key...

Alex! It is very old solution as far as I remember since AutoCAD R14.

Re: Detect Autocad version - three questions

alex_b — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:02:17 GMT

Shame on me!