VB.NET Beginner

[BQ]

Ordered "VB.NET Programming for AutoCAD Customization" yesterday.
I am familiar with VBA in excel... and have done some shell script programming in unix...

Do I need visual studio to write VB.NET code for AutoCAD? and will it be embedded in AutoCAD files or separate?
Is writing VB.NET similar to VBA(ALT+F11)?

Nevermind...just found: <> Edited by: BrianQ on Oct 12, 2009 6:06 PM

[Anonymous]

Hello BrianQ,
You will need Visual Studio for VB .NET programming (the Express version
is free!).

By default the Express version does not easily handle debugging code, the
following link is a good primer on starting VB .NET Autocad programming and
how to setup Visual Studio Express for debugging.

http://discussion.autodesk.com/forums/servlet/JiveServlet/download/33-716827-6129383-201009/VS2008WithVB.pdf

You finished code will be a dll file that is seperate from you dwg, that
way you can use it with any drawing file.

> Ordered "VB.NET Programming for AutoCAD Customization" yesterday. I am
> familiar with VBA in excel... and have done some shell script
> programming in unix...
>
> Do I need visual studio to write VB.NET code for AutoCAD? and will it
> be embedded in AutoCAD files or separate? Is writing VB.NET similar to
> VBA(ALT+F11)?
>
> Nevermind...just found:
> <> > art=0>
>
> Edited by: BrianQ on Oct 12, 2009 6:06 PM
>

[BQ]

Thanks Michael!

I am running AutoCAD 2004.
I tried to set reference's and could not find "acmgd.dll" or "acdbmgd.dll" in the AutoCAD 2004 folder.

Should these same files exist in AutoCAD 2004?

Edited by: BrianQ on Oct 13, 2009 7:33 PM

[Anonymous]

Of course not.

The .NET API did not exist in AutoCAD 2004.

Also, the first release I recommend any new .NET programmer works with, is
AutoCAD 2007, because of major changes that occured in previous releases,
which will only lead to a lot of confusion.

To be honest with you, others here are going to have a hard time taking
anyone that's trying to use .NET on AutoCAD 2004 seriously.

Are you a student ?

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Thanks Michael!

I am running AutoCAD 2004.
I tried to set reference's and could not find "acmgd.dll" or "acdbmgd.dll"
in the AutoCAD 2004 folder.

Should these same files exist in AutoCAD 2004?

Edited by: BrianQ on Oct 13, 2009 7:33 PM

[BQ]

Thanks for your honesty. I am a CAD user. I have been using AutoCAD, along with other CAD tools, for sometime but I am new to VB.NET.

Don't worry I am a quick learner. Thanks for the help.