topic Re: VB6 and Autocad 2018 in VBA Forum

VB6 and Autocad 2018

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:54:42 GMT

I have VB6 programs that connect to the AutoCAD opened drawing that I have selected

When I open a drawing now with AutoCAD 2018 the VB6 program no longer connects to the drawing

I have loaded the correct AutoCAD Type Library

Can any body help?????????????????????

Re: VB6 and Autocad 2018

Ed__Jobe — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 14:23:21 GMT

When was the last time you had it working?

Re: VB6 and Autocad 2018

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 22:20:24 GMT

A week ago. When Updated Windows 10

Since I posted my question, I find that when I compile program to exe and run application, it connects with the AutoCAD 2018 opened drawing

But in un-compiled, within VB6 it does not connect

Any Ideas

Re: VB6 and Autocad 2018

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:42:54 GMT

OK..I solved Problem.

It was a Visyal Basic issue.

I re-installed Visual Basic and problem fixed

Thanks for support

Re: VB6 and Autocad 2018

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 05:03:56 GMT

I have a new problem with VB6 and AutoCAD 2018

Previously when in VB6, I highlighted an AutoCAD object, (say ModelSpase) then pressing F1 brought up the AutoCAD ActiveX Reference Guide

Now it comes up with a message 'Unable to display Help'

How do I make VB6 display the AutoCAD ActiveX Guide??

Any Ideas

Thanks in advance

Re: VB6 and Autocad 2018

norman.yuan — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:25:14 GMT

I think it is not VB6/Windows issue. It is AutoCAD2018. Up to AutoCAD 2017, in AutoCAD\s VBA editor, when any Acadxxxx class/method/property is highlighted in Object Browser window, press F1 button, or click "?" in Object Browser window's up-right corner, AutoCAD VBA help document opens. It is not any more with AutoCAD 2018. While there is less and less use of AutoCAD VBA/COM API, still, losing this convenient help document sucks, because AutoCAD's COM/VBA help document is (was) the best help document among all AutoCAD APIs' poor help documentation.

Re: VB6 and Autocad 2018

ambrosl — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 00:00:21 GMT

The AutoCAD ActiveX/COM documentation is still available as a CHM file, but it seems that the CHM files are not currently being installed to the correct folder or the Help in the VBA IDE is not finding the files in the correct folder.

The CHM files you are looking for can be found here C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\en-US:

acad_aag.chm - Developer's Guide
acadauto.chm - Reference Guide

It looks like if you copy the CHM files from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\en-US to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared, then F1 works correctly from the VBA IDE; not sure if that will fix the issue with VB6 though but it might since the CHM files would now be located in the same folder as the TLB files.

Additionally, the ActiveX/COM documentation can also be found online with the rest of the AutoCAD Developer documentation at: http://help.autodesk.com/view/OARX/2018/ENU/

Re: VB6 and Autocad 2018

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 00:14:42 GMT

Thanks.........................It worked like a charm

Re: VB6 and Autocad 2018

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 18:27:55 GMT

Como você consegue criar programas para autocad 2018 em vb6?

@Anonymouswrote:
A week ago. When Updated Windows 10
Since I posted my question, I find that when I compile program to exe and run application, it connects with the AutoCAD 2018 opened drawing
But in un-compiled, within VB6 it does not connect

Any Ideas