Solved: COM api Check for valid AutoCAD license

Anonymous · ‎10-22-2015

I am building a stane-alone VB.NET application using the COM api. Is there a way to check for a valid AutoCAD license from the network license manager? When a license is unavailable I get an error "Cannot create ActiveX component", but that is a little vague and not really telling me that there are no licenses availble.

augusto.goncalves · ‎11-19-2015

I don't believe there is an API for checking licenses...

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Augusto Goncalves
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Anonymous · ‎11-19-2015

@augusto.goncalves wrote:
I don't believe there is an API for checking licenses...

Thanks, too bad, it would have been helpful to have this feature.

dgorsman · ‎11-19-2015

You could always Catch the error, then inform the user "Cannot start AutoCAD, check for licenses, blahblahblah". Not ideal, but certainly more graceful than crashing out.

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Anonymous · ‎11-19-2015

@dgorsman wrote:
You could always Catch the error, then inform the user "Cannot start AutoCAD, check for licenses, blahblahblah". Not ideal, but certainly more graceful than crashing out.

Absolutely, I was just hoping there was an api call that I could explicitly check for the license. Thanks.