topic Re: Multiple AcadApplication's open in .NET Forum

Multiple AcadApplication's open

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:51:11 GMT

I have a situation that the user has Multiple AcadApplication's (sessions) open. The program I am running is running outside of autocad and has to connect to the drawing.

But when I use then command :
acadApp = CType(GetObject(, UsedAcadApp), AcadApplication)
It will open the first application that is started.
This is not the situation I want. I want the user to select the session he needs and open this one.

I can find out wich sessions are open with:
Dim actProcesses() As Process = Process.GetProcesses
Dim actProcess As Process
For Each actProcess In actProcesses
If Trim(actProcess.ProcessName.ToLower) = "acad" Then
'Buffer the item in a array
End If
Next
I then can buffer the windows title or ID of the session
I can get the selected session as the active session, but then ?????

Can anybody help me out ?

With kind regards,

Harold van Aarsen

Re: Multiple AcadApplication's open

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:24:12 GMT

Are there any C# programmers who can help me ?

Re: Multiple AcadApplication's open

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:23:27 GMT

Why make the user pick which session?

Just define a command inside each session that can do what you want and already knows what is what.

If they have to pick the session, why not just have them pick the appropriate Autocad window instead?

Chris Arps

Re: Multiple AcadApplication's open

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:45:58 GMT

Good idea, didn't think of that, was to focused on the different applications. Thanks !