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Get short-cuts - open

Ertqwa — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:53:29 GMT

Hello Forum,

if you use AutoCAD's command "open", on the left side there are short-cuts. I want to retreive the names and paths of those shortcuts. How do I get them? I know they are in the registry, but the registry path is quite complicated and I fear the path will be different for other systems with other AutoCAD versions. Or is there some kind of logic to such a registry path of AutoCAD?

Thank you.

Re: Get short-cuts - open

Hallex — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:04:19 GMT

Try this one

Dim appver As Object = TryCast(My.Computer.Registry.GetValue("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD", "CurVer", Nothing), Object)
        If appver IsNot Nothing Then
            MsgBox("you have " + "Autocad.Application." + appver.ToString() + " installed")
        Else
            MsgBox("Out of luck, sorry, use your old code instead")
        End If

~'J'~

Re: Get short-cuts - open

Ertqwa — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:27:57 GMT

Ty for your reply.

the registry key that contains the shortcuts in 'OPEN' looks something like this for AutoCAD2009:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R17.2\ACAD-7005:409\Profiles\<<Profile>>\Dialogs\AllAnavDialogs

R17.2 means it is AutoCAD2009, which you can get with the code you suggested. But what does "ACAD-7005:409" stand for?

Re: Get short-cuts - open

Balaji_Ram — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:32:04 GMT

Please refer to this for the details on ProductID and LocaleID :

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=9120436&linkID=9240617

http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2006/09/automatic_loadi.html

Re: Get short-cuts - open

Ertqwa — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:35:15 GMT

Great, ty!