topic Acad Menus? in ObjectARX Forum

Acad Menus?

cadMeUp — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:57:14 GMT

Hello All,

How would I go about inserting a menu item under the 'File' menu when there are no documents open? I tried using a 'AcApDocManagerReactor' and testing to see if the last document opened is being closed and inserting the menu item then, but AutoCAD crashes as soon as I try to insert the item. I am using the com interfaces and can insert the item when there drawings open but have difficulties with the 0 document environment.

Thanks Alot!!
Larry

Re: Acad Menus?

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:24:56 GMT

Hi iLarry

I have seen ur query and we r also working on creating new menu in Object Arx environment.can u please send us the code so that it will b helpful for us also.will u pls help us in this regard.

We need it as soon as possible so pls do the needful.
thanks
sashi

Re: Acad Menus?

cadMeUp — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:27:06 GMT

Hello sashidhar,

This sample will add a menu item and a seperator under AutoCAD's 'File' menu.

Here is what I have:

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IDispatch *pDisp;
CAcadApplication IApp;
CAcadMenuBar IMenuBar;
CAcadMenuGroup IMenuGroup;
CAcadMenuGroups IMenuGroups;
CAcadPopupMenu IMenu;
CAcadPopupMenuItem IMenuItem;
CAcadPopupMenus IMenus;

pDisp = acedGetAcadWinApp()->GetIDispatch(TRUE);
IApp.AttachDispatch(pDisp);

pDisp = IApp.get_MenuBar();
IMenuBar.AttachDispatch(pDisp);

pDisp = IMenuBar.Item(CComVariant(0));
IMenu.AttachDispatch(pDisp);

IMenu.AddSeparator(CComVariant(0));
IMenu.AddMenuItem(CComVariant(0), "ITEM_NAME", "COMMAND_TO_RUN ");

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Please note that the 'COMMAND_TO_RUN' should be a valid command string with a space at the end to signal the enter/return for autocad.

Also I have include a zip file attachment. The files in the zip file need to be added to your project and '#include'ed where you plan to use the code. These are the generated com interfaces that were created when I added these classes to my project.

I hope that it works for you ok!

Larry