Useful References for .NET Newbies (Noobs) like me

[hencoop]

Hello all,

I've been trying to get a good handle on where things are and how to access them using .NET.  My latest effort was to discover where the Viewport Lock is in the Object Model.  I discovered a very useful combination that was able to find this quickly for me:

The "Object Browser Window" inside Microsoft Visual Studio used in conjunction with the Search function there.  Another useful reference is AutoCAD .NET Developer's Guide (2010)  Apparently, the 2010 version has not needed any updating... it appears to be the latest version of this document.

The contents of the Object Browser are massive making effective use of the Search function a necessity (at least for Noobs like me).

[_gile]

In addition to the 2019 .NET API documentation, this page also contains the documentation for ActiveX which is sometimes useful and the one for ObjectARX which is often less laconic than the .NET one.

[hencoop]

@_gile Thank you.  I haven't ever done anything with ActiveX that I know of.  The Object ARX documentation seems like it will better serve my needs than the 2010 .NET documentation but I'll reserve judgement until I am more experienced.

Years ago I enjoyed the ARX file creation feature of Visual Lisp project builds.  That existed when Basis Software still owned it.  Autodesk removed that from it as soon as they bought it... bless their heart.

[gleeuwdrent]

On Kean's blog there a is a lot of information how to use the AutoCAD .NET API. Very useful to get familiar with creating your new commands.

I use Visual Studio Object Browser to explore available objects, methods and attributes, and Google to explore how to use them. Kean's blog will popup as first search result in Google very often.

[hencoop]

@gleeuwdrent True!  I have already made use of several of Kean's blog posts.