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SendCommand

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:45:37 GMT

Hi:

Can somebody please tell me if it is possible to Synchronously execute a command sent via SendCommand while using the COM/ActiveX interface in VB 2005? I know I can do this in VBA (in my particular application the commands executed via SendCommand are always complete and the program never needs to wait for user data), but I was hoping I could do the same using VB 2005. Unfortunately, so far I have not been able to do that. In the example below the SendCommand is executed after the file has been saved and I want it to execute before the file is saved. Can somebody please tell me if it is even possible to do what I want to do?

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated,

Raul

Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop.Common
Imports System.IO

Public Class ClsTest

>CommandMethod("Test")> _
Public Sub Test()
Dim OutputPath As String = "c:\Test\dwg"
Dim ObjAcad As AcadApplication
Dim ThisDrawing As AcadDocument
Dim Obj As Acad3DSolid
Dim ZeroOrgin() As Double = {0, 0, 0}
Dim Width as Double = 2
Dim Depth as Double = 4
Dim Length as Double = 8

Directory.Delete(OutputPath, True)
Directory.CreateDirectory(OutputPath)

ObjAcad = DirectCast(GetObject(, "AutoCAD.Application.17"), AcadApplication)
ObjAcad.Visible = True
ThisDrawing = ObjAcad.ActiveDocument

Obj = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddBox(ZeroOrgin, Width, Depth, Length)
ThisDrawing.SendCommand("_zoom" & vbCr & "e" & vbCr)

' I was hoping the Do Loop below would be the answer to my problem,
' but IsQuiescent is never True and as a result the program hangs.
' Without the Do Loop, the SendCommand is not executed until after
' the drawing is saved, which is not what I want. Any ideas how to
' solve this problem?
Do Until ObjAcad.GetAcadState.IsQuiescent = True
Loop

ThisDrawing.SaveAs(OutputPath & "\Test.dwg")

End Sub
End Class

Re: SendCommand

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:16:17 GMT

Break the sequence up into parts and then use AutoLISP or ARX to control the
sequencing.

Re: SendCommand

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:39:18 GMT

I use any thing as this
I wait that this can help you
tp

Imports AcAp = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices
Imports AcDb = Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices
Imports AcRx = Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime

Public Module Module1

_
Public Sub Teste()
Dim doc As AcAp.Document =
AcAp.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument
AddHandlers()
doc.SendStringToExecute("_zoom" & vbCr & "e" & vbCr, True, False,
False)
End Sub

Private m_Command As String = Nothing

Sub AddHandlers()
Dim d As AcAp.Document =
AcAp.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument
AddHandler d.CommandWillStart, AddressOf CommandWillStart
AddHandler d.CommandEnded, AddressOf CommandEnded
AddHandler d.CommandFailed, AddressOf CommandFailed
AddHandler d.CommandCancelled, AddressOf CommandCancelled
End Sub

Sub RemoveHandlers()
Dim d As AcAp.Document =
AcAp.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument
RemoveHandler d.CommandWillStart, AddressOf CommandWillStart
RemoveHandler d.CommandEnded, AddressOf CommandEnded
RemoveHandler d.CommandFailed, AddressOf CommandFailed
RemoveHandler d.CommandCancelled, AddressOf CommandCancelled
m_Command = Nothing
End Sub

Sub CommandWillStart(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.CommandEventArgs)
If m_Command Is Nothing Then m_Command = e.GlobalCommandName
End Sub

Sub CommandEnded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.CommandEventArgs)
If e.GlobalCommandName = m_Command Then

Dim db As AcDb.Database =
AcDb.HostApplicationServices.WorkingDatabase()
db.SaveAs("C:\Teste.dwg", AcDb.DwgVersion.Current)

RemoveHandlers()
End If
End Sub

Sub CommandCancelled(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.CommandEventArgs)
RemoveHandlers()
End Sub

Sub CommandFailed(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.CommandEventArgs)
RemoveHandlers()
End Sub

End Module

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Hi:

Can somebody please tell me if it is possible to Synchronously execute a
command sent via SendCommand while using the COM/ActiveX interface in VB
2005? I know I can do this in VBA (in my particular application the
commands
executed via SendCommand are always complete and the program never needs
to
wait for user data), but I was hoping I could do the same using VB 2005.
Unfortunately, so far I have not been able to do that. In the example
below
the SendCommand is executed after the file has been saved and I want it to
execute before the file is saved. Can somebody please tell me if it is
even
possible to do what I want to do?

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated,

Raul

Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop.Common
Imports System.IO

Public Class ClsTest

>CommandMethod("Test")> _
Public Sub Test()
Dim OutputPath As String = "c:\Test\dwg"
Dim ObjAcad As AcadApplication
Dim ThisDrawing As AcadDocument
Dim Obj As Acad3DSolid
Dim ZeroOrgin() As Double = {0, 0, 0}
Dim Width as Double = 2
Dim Depth as Double = 4
Dim Length as Double = 8

Directory.Delete(OutputPath, True)
Directory.CreateDirectory(OutputPath)

ObjAcad = DirectCast(GetObject(, "AutoCAD.Application.17"),
AcadApplication)
ObjAcad.Visible = True
ThisDrawing = ObjAcad.ActiveDocument

Obj = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddBox(ZeroOrgin, Width, Depth, Length)
ThisDrawing.SendCommand("_zoom" & vbCr & "e" & vbCr)

' I was hoping the Do Loop below would be the answer to my problem,
' but IsQuiescent is never True and as a result the program hangs.
' Without the Do Loop, the SendCommand is not executed until after
' the drawing is saved, which is not what I want. Any ideas how to
' solve this problem?
Do Until ObjAcad.GetAcadState.IsQuiescent = True
Loop

ThisDrawing.SaveAs(OutputPath & "\Test.dwg")

End Sub
End Class

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Re: SendCommand

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:33:34 GMT

James, TP:

Thank you very much for both of your replies. I implemented what I thought you suggested. As you can see from the code below, I created a ClsSendCommand class which contains the MyZoomExtend Sub. The MyZoomExtend Sub is nothing more than a call to the SendStringToExecute Method. Since this behaves the same way as the original code (the zoom extend does not happen until after the Save), I assume I must have misunderstood your suggestion. Could you please tell me where I went wrong?

Thanks again for your help,

Raul

Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices

Public Class ClsSendCommand
Public Sub MyZoomExtend()
' I am aware that the Zoom extend command is probably not a good candidate
' for using either the SendCommand or SendStringToExecute method because the
' Zoom command is already exposed by the COM/ActiveX interface. However,
' this was the simplest example I could find. In reality, I need to use the
' vplayer and solprof commands, which I don't believe are exposed by the
' COM/ActiveX interface.
Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.SendStringToExecute("_zoom" & vbCr & "e" & vbCr, True, False, False)
End Sub
End Class

Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop.Common
Imports System.IO

Public Class ClsTest

>CommandMethod("Test")> _
Public Sub Test()
Dim OutputPath As String = "c:\Test\dwg"
Dim ObjAcad As AcadApplication
Dim ThisDrawing As AcadDocument
Dim Obj As Acad3DSolid
Dim ZeroOrgin() As Double = {0, 0, 0}
Dim Width As Double = 2
Dim Depth As Double = 4
Dim Length As Double = 8
Dim SendCommand As New ClsSendCommand

Directory.Delete(OutputPath, True)
Directory.CreateDirectory(OutputPath)

ObjAcad = DirectCast(GetObject(, "AutoCAD.Application.17"), AcadApplication)
ObjAcad.Visible = True
ThisDrawing = ObjAcad.ActiveDocument

Obj = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddBox(ZeroOrgin, Width, Depth, Length)
' The problem I am having is that the line below does not get executed
' until after the SaveAs
SendCommand.MyZoomExtend()
ThisDrawing.SaveAs(OutputPath & "\Test.dwg")

End Sub
End Class

Re: SendCommand

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:34:01 GMT

you need to call Sub AddHandlers().
I not use AutoCAD.Interop.
it forgives my English
tp

' ========================== START CODE ============================

Imports AcAp = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices
Imports AcDb = Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices
Imports AcRx = Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime

Public Module Module1

_
Public Sub Teste()
Dim doc As AcAp.Document =
AcAp.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument
' First call AddHandlers to inicitiate events
AddHandlers()
doc.SendStringToExecute("_zoom" & vbCr & "e" & vbCr, True, False,
False)
End Sub

Private m_Command As String = Nothing

Sub AddHandlers()
Dim d As AcAp.Document =
AcAp.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument
AddHandler d.CommandWillStart, AddressOf CommandWillStart
AddHandler d.CommandEnded, AddressOf CommandEnded
AddHandler d.CommandFailed, AddressOf CommandFailed
AddHandler d.CommandCancelled, AddressOf CommandCancelled
End Sub

Sub RemoveHandlers()
Dim d As AcAp.Document =
AcAp.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument
RemoveHandler d.CommandWillStart, AddressOf CommandWillStart
RemoveHandler d.CommandEnded, AddressOf CommandEnded
RemoveHandler d.CommandFailed, AddressOf CommandFailed
RemoveHandler d.CommandCancelled, AddressOf CommandCancelled
m_Command = Nothing
End Sub

Sub CommandWillStart(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.CommandEventArgs)
If m_Command Is Nothing Then m_Command = e.GlobalCommandName
End Sub

Sub CommandEnded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.CommandEventArgs)
If e.GlobalCommandName = m_Command Then
Dim db As AcDb.Database
=AcDb.HostApplicationServices.WorkingDatabase()
db.SaveAs("C:\Teste.dwg", AcDb.DwgVersion.Current)
RemoveHandlers()
End If
End Sub

Sub CommandCancelled(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.CommandEventArgs)
RemoveHandlers()
End Sub

Sub CommandFailed(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.CommandEventArgs)
RemoveHandlers()
End Sub

End Module

' ========================== END CODE ============================

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Re: SendCommand

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:27:40 GMT

http://www.caddzone.com/CommandLine.cs

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Hi:

Can somebody please tell me if it is possible to Synchronously execute a command sent via SendCommand while using the COM/ActiveX interface in VB 2005? I know I can do this in VBA (in my particular application the commands executed via SendCommand are always complete and the program never needs to wait for user data), but I was hoping I could do the same using VB 2005. Unfortunately, so far I have not been able to do that. In the example below the SendCommand is executed after the file has been saved and I want it to execute before the file is saved. Can somebody please tell me if it is even possible to do what I want to do?

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated,

Raul

Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop.Common
Imports System.IO

Public Class ClsTest

>CommandMethod("Test")> _
Public Sub Test()
Dim OutputPath As String = "c:\Test\dwg"
Dim ObjAcad As AcadApplication
Dim ThisDrawing As AcadDocument
Dim Obj As Acad3DSolid
Dim ZeroOrgin() As Double = {0, 0, 0}
Dim Width as Double = 2
Dim Depth as Double = 4
Dim Length as Double = 8

Directory.Delete(OutputPath, True)
Directory.CreateDirectory(OutputPath)

ObjAcad = DirectCast(GetObject(, "AutoCAD.Application.17"), AcadApplication)
ObjAcad.Visible = True
ThisDrawing = ObjAcad.ActiveDocument

Obj = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddBox(ZeroOrgin, Width, Depth, Length)
ThisDrawing.SendCommand("_zoom" & vbCr & "e" & vbCr)

' I was hoping the Do Loop below would be the answer to my problem,
' but IsQuiescent is never True and as a result the program hangs.
' Without the Do Loop, the SendCommand is not executed until after
' the drawing is saved, which is not what I want. Any ideas how to
' solve this problem?
Do Until ObjAcad.GetAcadState.IsQuiescent = True
Loop

ThisDrawing.SaveAs(OutputPath & "\Test.dwg")

End Sub
End Class

Re: SendCommand

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:51:54 GMT

All:

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. I finally got my problem solved. It looks like the problem was with the way I was using the CommandMethod. Here is the way I was originally using it (notice that I replaced the "<" symbol with ">" just to avoid the online editor from suppressing the entire CommandMethod line):

>CommandMethod("Test")> _

All I needed to do is this instead:

>CommandMethod("Test",CommandFlags.Session)> _

After adding the CommandFlags.Session everything works as expected (i.e. the SendCommands and rest of VB.Net code execute in the order in which they are typed).

Thanks again for your help,

Raul

Re: SendCommand

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:03:01 GMT

I see many examples of point parameters on commands, but what about selected/passed objects like polylines or blocks?

How are those commands formatted? maybe with the ObjectIds?

Re: SendCommand

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:23:29 GMT

This is a a topic for the VBA newsgroup.

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I see many examples of point parameters on commands, but what about selected/passed objects like polylines or blocks?

How are those commands formatted? maybe with the ObjectIds?

Re: SendCommand

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:27:26 GMT

why? i am calling it from a .net dll, not vba

Re: SendCommand

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:46:11 GMT

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>> why? i am calling it from a .net dll, not vba

You are calling what from a .NET dll?

A managed ObjectARX API, or an ActiveX API?

We mainly discuss using the managed ObjectARX API here, not the VBA/ActiveX API.

Your question about SendCommand() has the same answer regardless of what programming langauge you're calling it from, and has been asked and answered dozens of times in the VBA newsgroup (hint: search that newsgroup on the keyword "handent").

It may be called the VBA newsgroup, but it would more accurately be called the ActiveX newsgroup, because many topics about that API are discussed there, including those related to using it from standalone VB6 (not VBA); Delphi; C#; and other ActiveX-enabled development tools.

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Re: SendCommand

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:19:04 GMT

well that is more clear of a response, as most likely SendStringToExecute uses similar style. either can be found. I'll check.