C# programming reference

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

Is there a book or reference site like the autocad 2006 vba programmer's reference. For C# programming?

thank you and kind regards,

Tramyer

[_gile · Accepted solution]

Hi,

From this page, you can get the ObjectARX Managed .NET Developer's Guide and the ObjectARX Managed .NET Reference Guide.

You should also download and install the ObjectARX SDK corresponding to the targetd AutoCAD version. The ObjectARX\docs folder contains the arxmgd.chm file (managed class reference guide).

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot mate. Does this page contains some sample in C# coding?

thanks in advance

[_gile]

Yes it does and so does the ObjectARX 20XX\samples\dotNet folder.

[TiStars]

Hi Gilles,

Thank you very much for you links, but can you tell me how can I use "ObjectARX SDK" after install it ? I see nothing change.
should I just open chm files in "C:\Autodesk\Autodesk_ObjectARX_2018_Win_64_and_32_Bit\docs" for reference ?

Regards,

[_gile]

'Installing' ObjectARX SDK just extract the "ObjectARX 20XX" folder (typically in C:) which contains the docs sub-folder and some other ones.

[TiStars]

you are righ Gilles, but there is a "setup.exe" in "C:\Autodesk\Autodesk_ObjectARX_2018_Win_64_and_32_Bit\docs", and I run it. I noticed when I "setup" ObjectARX 2016 , a dialogue pop up asking me to choose VS2010/VS2013 （Maybe the version number is not right, i can't remember exactly）, but there is nothing pop up in ObjectARX_2018

[TiStars]

I guess "Setup.exe" is just a installer for VS project wizard? not for HELP files?

[_gile]

No, it has nothing to do with the project wizard.

This setup launches the 'ObjectARX Documentation.msi' installer to integrate the Managed .NET Reference Guide with Visual Studio.

Please read the Documentation > Managed .NET section of this page.

[TiStars]

Thanks Gilles, but what shall I do after "integrate the Managed .NET Reference Guide with Visual Studio", I press F1 on some class name which I want to know more info, but it guides me to Microsoft pages for C#.

[_gile]

I don't know. I didn't not install these extensons because I use Visual Studio 2017 for AutoCAD 2010 to 2018.

[TiStars]

Maybe no one knows, I am using VS 2017 as well. C3D API reference is good enough to search and locate what you need, and there are examples, excellent. but Managed API for ACAD? One can almost get nothing except a Function/Class name.

Cheers