topic Re: Support FIles 2008 in .NET Forum

Support FIles 2008

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:16:58 GMT

Maybe I am blind, but I can't seem to find
the Support FIles in the Preferenece.Files
It used to be there in 2006!

Has it moved, or is there another way to get the support file string in 2008.
Thanks in advance.

Re: Support FIles 2008

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:55:39 GMT

I presume you are talking about the ActiveX API. In which case I am still using it in VBA with 2008.

Regards - Nathan

Re: Support FIles 2008

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:50:56 GMT

This is what I am trying to do:
Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop.AcadApplication oApp = (Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop.AcadApplication)Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.AcadApplication;

AcadPreferencesFiles files = oApp.Preferences.Files
string supportFiles = files. <--- SupportPath is not a option!!!!

What am I doing wrong?

Re: Support FIles 2008

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:29:18 GMT

It shows up for me with VB.NET.

Dim acadApp As Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop.AcadApplication = Application.AcadApplication
Dim files As Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop.AcadPreferencesFiles = acadApp.Preferences.Files
Dim strSPath As String = files.SupportPath

Re: Support FIles 2008

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:22:08 GMT

I must be doing something wrong.
I get everything but supportpath.

All I need to do is add to my references "Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop"
is that not correct? (of course besides "acdbmgd" and "acmgd")

It strange because in the class explorer I cannot find SupportPath anywhere!

Re: Support FIles 2008

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:24:41 GMT

The only thing I can suggest is that I am using MAP where it may have been fixed so maybe someone else can check. I haven't actually tried the code but I can see it in the object browser and it does come up with intellisense.

Regards - Nathan

Re: Support FIles 2008

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:56:47 GMT

I have referenced from AutoCAD MAP 2007 the following
acdbmgd
acmgd
Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop

Now in the Class Browser this is what I see
(see attached image)

I have now tried this on 2 diffrent computers. I obviously dont understand what I am doing wrong.

Thanks for your help.