"Triston" wrote in message
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> Hi,
> In using Vb.Net I'm looking to set X Data in VB.net but when I pass the
data to AutoCAD I get an error telling me I have an invalid data type. I
understand that AutoCAD does not yet support .Net, but is there anyway to
code this so I can send my data in AutoCAD since it seems to be looking for
a variant data type??
In VB.NET, the 'Integer' type is 32 bits.
In earlier versions of VB, an Integer was 16 bits,
so in VB.NET, anywhere that you used 'Array of Integer'
in VB6, you need to use an array of short, or Int16
> I also know there is the same issue with selection set filter types and
values since they are variant data types as well.
> If there are any solutions no matter how messy I would love to have one
for a moderate sized project I'm in the middle of, I really don't want to
port it into VB6.
While this isn't going to help you with your current
needs, work is already underway here on a native CLR/.NET
version of the ObjectARX API, that completely eliminates
the need to use ActiveX. After looking at the internals of
the RCW COM wrappers generated by TLBIMP, it became clear
to me that ActiveX is simply not the way to go. The main
reason is because the RCW unconditionally sinks all events
exposed by the ActiveX server. So, for example, anytime you
have a variable typed as AcadDocumentClass, the wrapper is
handling *all* AcadDocumentEvents. While it only fires those
that you've subscribed to, it is still handling all of the
events fired by AcadDocument, including the three high-
frequency ones (ObjectAdded/Modified/Erased).
Unfortunately, that's a major problem for any interprocess
use of .NET.
