Autocad running while signed off

[Anonymous]

Hello community,

Does anyone have any idea how  to make Autocad keep running while i am signed off. I have a vba that i want to run as a service.

I have created the bat file so it can start but if i'm signed off it does not run.

[TheCADnoob]

In theory you can 'convert' Autocad to a service but i have never gone through this exercise let alone for the ends you are looking to do. 

you can check out this link or google how to convert an exe to a service: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3582108/create-windows-service-from-executable

[Ed__Jobe]

What do you mean "signed off"? e.g. logged out of windows?

[dgorsman]

The closest you're going to get to that is running the core console; I'm not certain if VBA will run under that.  I'm fairly certain you cannot run the program itself as a literal "service", either practically or within the EULA.

[Anonymous]

I have tried core before, it is very confusing. You can write in .net which has awesome libraries, but i never found a concrete documentation on how i can develop for core. I tried for example to change something on a drawing, and it would not compile, so i had again to do it in .net as an extension and everything works, most of my work is done with .net i just automate with macro's because i find that it is the most simple way to do it.

If you have info on how to write for core i am all ears.

[Anonymous]

yes

[john.vellek]

HI @Anonymous,

I have never been successful running this as a service as others have suggested. Ifs  there truly a reason to logoff? Can you not just LOCK the computer for AutoCAD to run or is this terminating your VBA as well?

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

[dgorsman]

Running from the core console has a couple of simple rules:

• You cannot call anything which requires a UI (dialogs, respond to prompts, etc.)
• You cannot load any third-party ARX modules, only CRX modules
• You should run one console application per drawing, and close it when done

Core console will accept scripts (old-school SCR files), as long as they follow the rules.  You can try a hybrid approach, doing the heavy lifting with managed dotNET DLLs wrapped in command-line command definitions, and call them from a script passed to the console EXE call along with the filename.  The script and filename arguments can be provided from an overall stand-alone application.

[john.vellek]

Hi @Anonymous,

I am checking back to see if my post or others helped you with your problem. Please mark a post or posts as accepted solutions if they resolved the issue or give me a bit more detail on this issue so we can continue to work towards getting this solved.

Please hit the Accept as Solution button if a post or posts solves your issue or answers your question.