can't load assembly acmgd.dll
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How did you try "to interface to AutoCAD from VS2010 project"? Is your VS2010 project a windows class library (*.dll) and you loaded into AutoCAD with "NETLOAD" command, or is it an EXE project?
If it is latter, then you cannot use the said AutoCAD API assemblies iin an exe project.
Obviously, you did not read or understand the posts correctly:
If you are to do a stand-alone EXE project (be it Win Form app or console app), you CAN NOT use AutoCAD .NET API assemblies (acdbmgd.dll, acmgd.dll). End of story.
The OP's solution is to add reference to COM API (in the "Add references" dialog box, go to "COM" tab and then set reference to AutoCAD Type library and/or Acad ObjectDBX Command type library.
In your case (by seeing your attached error picture, you need to remove reference to acdbmsg.dll/acmgd.dll fromo your project.
Hi,
We were using VBA and trying to convert .net in the standalone application and getting difficulty to get the same functionality.
In the VB code, the below code is implemented in the module “Rollover Module”. Below is the screen shot of it,
The main aim of this code is to update the TITLE BLOCK data. Below are the tittle block attributes of our drawings,
TITLE Block Name = KC-TITLE
Below are the few attributes in it which we update,
TITLE1; TITLE2; DRAWINGID; MNEMONIC; SHEET; DRAWN; DM; DD; DY;
We got the below code from internet for updating the TITLE BLOCK DATA as an alternative,
foreach (ObjectId objEntity in objPaperSpace)
{
BlockReference blkRef = (BlockReference)tr.GetObject(objEntity, Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.OpenMode.ForRead);
BlockTableRecord btr = (BlockTableRecord)tr.GetObject(blkRef.BlockTableRecord, Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.OpenMode.ForRead);
Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.AttributeCollection attCol = blkRef.AttributeCollection;
foreach (ObjectId attId in attCol)
{
AttributeReference attRef = (AttributeReference)tr.GetObject(attId, Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.OpenMode.ForRead);
string str =
("\n Attribute Tag: "
+ attRef.Tag
+ "\n Attribute String: "
+ attRef.TextString
);
//ed.WriteMessage(str);
}
}
tr.Commit();
But, we get many errors with this code because of removing the dll “acdbmgd.dll”. If we add this we are not able to debug the code. This dll issue is coming only during run time. When we searched in net regarding this issue, we found that, as our Rollover application is an standalone application, we will not be able to use this dll. This DLL cannot be used for standalone application.
So, we need to get some help to update TITLE BLOCK data in stand alone application. Please let me know, if you need more details.
Thanks,
Bhuvana
Hi,
A standalone application cannot use the AutoCAD .NET API which is design to run in-process, it have to use the COM API (the same as with VBA). Have a look to this topic from the AutoCAD .NET Developer's Guide.
The only way to use .NET from a standalone application is to wrap the .NET code in a command (CommandMethod), then netload the .NET dll and run the command from the standalone application with the SendCommand() method.
Question: since VBA cannot run independently, is your legacy VBA function running inside inside AutoCAD, Excel, or another application?
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"I don't know" is the beginning of knowledge, not the end.
We have developed a C# .Net code and it is a standalone application. As it is a standalone application, we came to know that we will not be able to use the DLL’s (acdbmgd.dll & acmgd.dll). So we are using AutoCAD Type library and Acad ObjectDBX Command type library in our code.
Now, we face issue in updating TITLE BLOCK attributes.
Below is the code snippet that we use to update TITLE BLOCK data,
But here in the first foreach loop, we do not get any value for the entity “ent”. It is NULL.
Please help us to get an alternative way to achieve this and to update TITLE BLOCK attributes.
Secondly, we face issue in saving the drawing file. Below is the code that we use,
The above code will save the file in AUTOCAD 2000 version. But we need to save the file in 2013 version.
Please help us on how to save in 2013 version.
Thanks in advance!
I do not have time to look into the first question of yours. But for the second question (about "SaveAs()"), here is the information from AutoCAD's VBA documentation:
<QUOTE>
VBA:
object.SaveAs FileName [, FileType] [, SecurityParams]object
Type: Document
The object this method applies to.
FileName
Access: Input-only
Type: String
The full path and file name, or valid URL address, for the file. The active document takes on the new name.
FileType
Access: Input-only; optional
Type: AcSaveAsType enum
acR12_dxf: AutoCAD R12 DXF (*.dxf)
acR14_dwg: AutoCAD R14 DWG (*.dwg)
ac2000_dwg: AutoCAD 2000 DWG (*.dwg)
ac2000_dxf: AutoCAD 2000 DXF (*.dxf)
ac2000_Template: AutoCAD 2000 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)
ac2004_dwg: AutoCAD 2004 DWG (*.dwg)
ac2004_dxf: AutoCAD 2004 DXF (*.dxf)
ac2004_Template: AutoCAD 2004 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)
ac2007_dwg: AutoCAD 2007 DWG (*.dwg)
ac2007_dxf: AutoCAD 2007 DXF (*.dxf)
ac2007_Template: AutoCAD 2007 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)
ac2010_dwg: AutoCAD 2010 DWG (*.dwg)
ac2010_dxf: AutoCAD 2010 DXF (*.dxf)
ac2010_Template: AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)
ac2013_dwg: AutoCAD 2013 DWG (*.dwg)
ac2013_dxf: AutoCAD 2013 DXF (*.dxf)
ac2013_Template: AutoCAD 2013 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)
acNative: A synonym for the latest drawing release. In this release, this value equals ac2013_dwg.
SecurityParams
Access: Input-only; optional
Type: Variant (a SecurityParams object)
Security settings used to specify a digital signature for the drawing.
Note: Starting with AutoCAD-2016 based products, the ability to password protect a drawing file has been discontinued. Trying to password protect a drawing file in an AutoCAD-2016 based product results in an error. The security parameters related to password protection must be removed to save a drawing file.
</QUOTE>
As you can see, the FileType parameter is a enum type, NOT A string type. So, your code would not do "SaveAs()" at all, because the call to SaveAs() would result in an exception (does the code even compile, I am wondering?), and if "catch..." clause is empty, you may not even notice the drawing is not saved at all.
Of course, the running AutoCAD must be cad2013 or later version if you want to save drawing to Acad2013 format. To make things simple, you can set Acad to always save it to particular drawing format, so you do not have to supplie the second optional parameter in the SaveAs() call, unless you want save only particular drawing to different drawing format.