Big Picture Re: ADT Customization?

[Anonymous]

I'm a new ADT 2004 adoptee and would like to identify what aspects of ADT are customizable. It would be particularly interesting to learn about the possibilities of developing custom palettes which I assume would be the only way to integrate ADT with other software applications and web sites. Comments? -- <%= Clinton Gallagher A/E/C Consulting, Web Design, e-Commerce Software Development Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin USA NET csgallagher@REMOVETHISTEXTmetromilwaukee.com URL http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/

[Anonymous]

ADT follows all the rules of COM. It is fully customizable through VB(A) with few limitations. See help menu for all kinds of examples. If VBA doesn't have a certian method someone on this group has found a workaround. I am working on an ADT application in ASP.net. Will let you know how it works. Paul "clintonG" wrote in message news:4064b26c$1_2@newsprd01... > I'm a new ADT 2004 adoptee and would like to identify what > aspects of ADT are customizable. It would be particularly interesting > to learn about the possibilities of developing custom palettes which > I assume would be the only way to integrate ADT with other software > applications and web sites. > > Comments? > > -- > <%= Clinton Gallagher > A/E/C Consulting, Web Design, e-Commerce Software Development > Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin USA > NET csgallagher@REMOVETHISTEXTmetromilwaukee.com > URL http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/ > >

[Anonymous]

Paul Richardson wrote: > ADT follows all the rules of COM. It is fully customizable through VB(A) > with few limitations. See help menu for all kinds of examples. If VBA > doesn't have a certian method someone on this group has found a workaround. > > I am working on an ADT application in ASP.net. Will let you know how it > works. Yet there seems to always be little barriers... I was just told today by chris yanchar that I cannot simply call the keynote routine(s) *BUT* by clicking the icon on the tool palette. No command-line, lisp or VBA would do it. He also explained that only the basic AutoCAD tool framework is exposed via ObjectARX, not the ADT tool framework. Is this correct? Or am I getting terms confused here? -- David Kurtz Peckham & Wright Architects, Inc. Columbia, Missouri

[Anonymous]

I have been using VBA for ADT for a while and have created some robust applications. Info on Solids in limited in VBA but easily worked around with C++. What is it your are trying to create? Paul "David Kurtz" wrote in message news:40e1f429_3@newsprd01... > Paul Richardson wrote: > > > ADT follows all the rules of COM. It is fully customizable through VB(A) > > with few limitations. See help menu for all kinds of examples. If VBA > > doesn't have a certian method someone on this group has found a workaround. > > > > I am working on an ADT application in ASP.net. Will let you know how it > > works. > > Yet there seems to always be little barriers... > I was just told today by chris yanchar that I cannot simply call the > keynote routine(s) *BUT* by clicking the icon on the tool palette. No > command-line, lisp or VBA would do it. > He also explained that only the basic AutoCAD tool framework is exposed > via ObjectARX, not the ADT tool framework. > > Is this correct? Or am I getting terms confused here? > > > > -- > David Kurtz > Peckham & Wright Architects, Inc. > Columbia, Missouri

[Anonymous]

Paul Richardson wrote: > I have been using VBA for ADT for a while and have created some robust > applications. Info on Solids in limited in VBA but easily worked around with > C++. What is it your are trying to create? My users simply want to issue the keynote routine via the command line. Different command lines would call different preset options. I had assumed a little lisp would do the trick, like it always has but no. When I asked about it in the adt2005 newsgroup I was told by an adesk employee that it was _not_ possible to launch this routine outside of clicking on the tool palette, which seemed absurd to me. So I asked about doing it in VBA or even c++ via arx and I was told that none of the tool framework in ADT was exposed so there was nothing I could do. In 10 years of using acad this is the first time that I can't customize a keyboard command to replace a click. :( I hope this isn't a sign of things to come. -- David Kurtz Peckham & Wright Architects, Inc. Columbia, Missouri

[Anonymous]

sorry David don't what Keynotes are. Are u talking about the addon software? "David Kurtz" wrote in message news:40ef241b$1_1@newsprd01... > Paul Richardson wrote: > > > I have been using VBA for ADT for a while and have created some robust > > applications. Info on Solids in limited in VBA but easily worked around with > > C++. What is it your are trying to create? > > My users simply want to issue the keynote routine via the command line. > Different command lines would call different preset options. > > I had assumed a little lisp would do the trick, like it always has but > no. When I asked about it in the adt2005 newsgroup I was told by an > adesk employee that it was _not_ possible to launch this routine outside > of clicking on the tool palette, which seemed absurd to me. So I asked > about doing it in VBA or even c++ via arx and I was told that none of > the tool framework in ADT was exposed so there was nothing I could do. > In 10 years of using acad this is the first time that I can't customize > a keyboard command to replace a click. :( > > I hope this isn't a sign of things to come. > > > -- > David Kurtz > Peckham & Wright Architects, Inc. > Columbia, Missouri

[Anonymous]

Paul Richardson wrote: > sorry David don't what Keynotes are. Are u talking about the addon software? Hi Paul, They keynote routine I'm referring to is included out of the box with Architectural Desktop 2005. It is a stock tool, created by adesk, with ADT that only exists on the Documentation Tool Palette (and of course the content browser). There currently seems to be no way to invoke this routine if you don't want to issue a mouse click on the tool palette entry due to the structure of the ADT tool framework. I was sincerely hoping someone could point me to a way that I could invoke it via the command prompt, but Chris Yanchar told me that is was not possible. :( -- David Kurtz Peckham & Wright Architects, Inc. Columbia, Missouri