Macro always available

[Anonymous]

I'm losing the plot a bit here!

I've used VBA in ACAD 2004 to create a macro (and it works).
I've added to the menu so the macro can be run from there.
Where do I save the macro so it's always available when I fire up ACAD and start a new drawing??

(Probably obvious, but I'm new to using VBA in ACAD)

[Anonymous]

Save your VBA project as a .dvb file. In order to run the VBA macro you need to have the .dvb project loaded (you probably already know this part), so you must load it using the VBALOAD command. You can easily just load it each time you re-open autocad, and have a tool referring to the macro you want (using VBARUN).

If you want the command to be available from opening AutoCAD, you need the dvb file to be loaded on startup of AutoCAD. The way I do this is using the acad.lsp file which runs on startup. Simply place in the following lisp code (create acad.lsp if it does not already exist) and point the URL to the location of your .dvb file.

(command "vbaload" "C:\\CAD\\PROJECT.DVB")

note the double forward slashes - in lisp the \ is a special character, so you must use two of them. Message was edited by: RaNDoM

[Anonymous]

I'm just going to clarify myself because i was a bit unclear in the first post:

1, Create your macro.
2, Save it from the VB editor as a .dvb file.
3, Create (or edit) acad.lsp located in C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2007\Support (assuming 2007)
4,place in this code: (command "vbaload" "C:\\CAD\\PROJECT.DVB") keeping the brackets, and pointing the URL to the location of your .dvb file.
5, create a tool for your toolbar (sounds like you've already done this) pointing to the macro you wish to run using VBARUN MacroName.

Hope this helps

[Anonymous]

Many thanks.

The use of the "double backslash" caught me!!

[Anonymous]

It caught me too when i first did it!

Glad to help.

RaNDoM

[arcticad]

Also a file named acad.dvb in your path is automatically loaded.

[Anonymous]

I've also found that you can add the .dvb to the "Startup Suite".

[Anonymous]

Hi Peter,

What is the point of loading a DVB at startup?

The command VL-VBARUN will run the macro - loading it if necessary. That
way you don't need to use resources on the macro till you actually need to
use it - and if you don't use it during the working session, then you
haven't wasted any time with it at all.

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Laurie Comerford
CADApps
www.cadapps.com.au
www.civil3Dtools.com

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I've also found that you can add the .dvb to the "Startup Suite".

[Anonymous]

Just pointing out another way to "skin the cat".

[Anonymous]

The command VL-VBARUN doesnt exist on my machine

[Anonymous]

Hi,

It need to be proceeded by a once per session only (vl-load-com) to load the
Visual Lisp environment.
It available in every version of AutoCAD with Visual Lisp.
It is invoked as I indicated:

(vl-vbarun FileSpec.dvb!MacroName)

If after all that, it still doesn't show up, I'd suggest taking the computer
to the Washington National Museum for display as being one capable of
installing half a program while appearing to install it all.

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Laurie Comerford
CADApps
www.cadapps.com.au
www.civil3Dtools.com
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The command VL-VBARUN doesnt exist on my machine