Need a good VBA book

[Anonymous]

Have a little development project to do in ACAD/M that is going to require VBA. I have previously
done the job in MDT using LISP, but the client has decided that Inventor is for 3D and ACAD/M is for
2D. Unfortunately, it needs some automation to reduce drawing time yet further, and to simplify /
improve parts listing and downstream time wasting.

Does anyone recommend a decent book that I can use to get me up to speed on VBA. I have the AutoCAD
VBA foundations AOTC title, but there was a lot of functionality missing from VB in R14. I am not a
complete novice at VB (I actually did the foundations course nearly 3 years ago), it's just that I
need practice and some good guidance.

TIA

John Bilton

[Anonymous]

hi
i got a good book in amazon.com
it's name is:
AutoCad 2000 VBA Programmer's reference
Joe Sutphin

it worked for me. i got it one year ago, maybe you can get any other good
book
try on amazon.com. there you can get a lot of books about VBA.
it cost was 25 dollars



"John Bilton" wrote in message
news:355EC652125EE039D4DCF39BF026CFF1@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Have a little development project to do in ACAD/M that is going to require
VBA. I have previously
> done the job in MDT using LISP, but the client has decided that Inventor
is for 3D and ACAD/M is for
> 2D. Unfortunately, it needs some automation to reduce drawing time yet
further, and to simplify /
> improve parts listing and downstream time wasting.
>
> Does anyone recommend a decent book that I can use to get me up to speed
on VBA. I have the AutoCAD
> VBA foundations AOTC title, but there was a lot of functionality missing
from VB in R14. I am not a
> complete novice at VB (I actually did the foundations course nearly 3
years ago), it's just that I
> need practice and some good guidance.
>
> TIA
>
> John Bilton
>
>

[Anonymous]

I second that emotion.

-adam

"Jimmy Lopez" wrote in message
news:AD7CF6C9C5D07C86B302AEA4046D5005@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> hi
> i got a good book in amazon.com
> it's name is:
> AutoCad 2000 VBA Programmer's reference
> Joe Sutphin
>
> it worked for me. i got it one year ago, maybe you can get any other good
> book
> try on amazon.com. there you can get a lot of books about VBA.
> it cost was 25 dollars
>
>
>
> "John Bilton" wrote in message
> news:355EC652125EE039D4DCF39BF026CFF1@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Have a little development project to do in ACAD/M that is going to
require
> VBA. I have previously
> > done the job in MDT using LISP, but the client has decided that Inventor
> is for 3D and ACAD/M is for
> > 2D. Unfortunately, it needs some automation to reduce drawing time yet
> further, and to simplify /
> > improve parts listing and downstream time wasting.
> >
> > Does anyone recommend a decent book that I can use to get me up to speed
> on VBA. I have the AutoCAD
> > VBA foundations AOTC title, but there was a lot of functionality missing
> from VB in R14. I am not a
> > complete novice at VB (I actually did the foundations course nearly 3
> years ago), it's just that I
> > need practice and some good guidance.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > John Bilton
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

There are only a few books on VBA and Autocad and they are all very good.
Except for one! In my opinion, the Mastering AutoCAD VBA book is useless and
just re-iterates the online help with little to no useful examples. Thats
just my 2-cents for discussion 🙂

Joe's book is GREAT and I like the Autodesk books too.

Anyone have comments on the new AutoCAD 2002 VBA books?


"Adam Wuellner" wrote in message
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> I second that emotion.
>
> -adam
>
> "Jimmy Lopez" wrote in message
> news:AD7CF6C9C5D07C86B302AEA4046D5005@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > hi
> > i got a good book in amazon.com
> > it's name is:
> > AutoCad 2000 VBA Programmer's reference
> > Joe Sutphin
> >
> > it worked for me. i got it one year ago, maybe you can get any other
good
> > book
> > try on amazon.com. there you can get a lot of books about VBA.
> > it cost was 25 dollars
> >
> >
> >
> > "John Bilton" wrote in message
> > news:355EC652125EE039D4DCF39BF026CFF1@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > Have a little development project to do in ACAD/M that is going to
> require
> > VBA. I have previously
> > > done the job in MDT using LISP, but the client has decided that
Inventor
> > is for 3D and ACAD/M is for
> > > 2D. Unfortunately, it needs some automation to reduce drawing time yet
> > further, and to simplify /
> > > improve parts listing and downstream time wasting.
> > >
> > > Does anyone recommend a decent book that I can use to get me up to
speed
> > on VBA. I have the AutoCAD
> > > VBA foundations AOTC title, but there was a lot of functionality
missing
> > from VB in R14. I am not a
> > > complete novice at VB (I actually did the foundations course nearly 3
> > years ago), it's just that I
> > > need practice and some good guidance.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > John Bilton
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

I in no way want to cut on Joe. He has personally helped me on many occasions but his book did me no good (probably because until purchase I had no understanding of VBA besides the VLisp extensions I was working with which really do not count). Is there another book for us simpler minds??? Joshua Modglin

[Anonymous]

If you're looking to get familiar with the acad model, then any of the books
mentioned will do that and more. If you're just looking for a VBA
reference, then try "VB & VBA in a Nutshell" by Paul Lomax. I've only had
it a few short months and my hand print is already worn onto the cover 🙂
--
Bobby C. Jones
http://www.acadx.com

[Anonymous]

That is entirely true. I have Joe's book and use it all the time, but it
is not a tutorial on VBA. That is probably why it is sub-titled
"Programmer's Reference".

Tom Craft

jmodglin wrote:

> I in no way want to cut on Joe. He has personally helped me on many
> occasions but his book did me no good (probably because until purchase
> I had no understanding of VBA besides the VLisp extensions I was
> working with which really do not count). Is there another book for us
> simpler minds??? Joshua Modglin

[Anonymous]

The Autodesk Series book on VBA is a good starting point. And the Series'
book on Database Connectivity is also very good.

"Tom Craft" wrote in message
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> That is entirely true. I have Joe's book and use it all the time, but it
> is not a tutorial on VBA. That is probably why it is sub-titled
> "Programmer's Reference".
>
> Tom Craft
>
> jmodglin wrote:
>
> > I in no way want to cut on Joe. He has personally helped me on many
> > occasions but his book did me no good (probably because until purchase
> > I had no understanding of VBA besides the VLisp extensions I was
> > working with which really do not count). Is there another book for us
> > simpler minds??? Joshua Modglin
>

[Anonymous]

http://caddee.com/books.html

"John Bilton" wrote in message
news:355EC652125EE039D4DCF39BF026CFF1@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Have a little development project to do in ACAD/M that is going to require
VBA. I have previously
> done the job in MDT using LISP, but the client has decided that Inventor
is for 3D and ACAD/M is for
> 2D. Unfortunately, it needs some automation to reduce drawing time yet
further, and to simplify /
> improve parts listing and downstream time wasting.
>
> Does anyone recommend a decent book that I can use to get me up to speed
on VBA. I have the AutoCAD
> VBA foundations AOTC title, but there was a lot of functionality missing
from VB in R14. I am not a
> complete novice at VB (I actually did the foundations course nearly 3
years ago), it's just that I
> need practice and some good guidance.
>
> TIA
>
> John Bilton
>
>