Besides Mark has said, you can find the code example easily by open Acad VBA
IDE->Object Browser->AcadUtility, highlight GetPoint() method, click the
button with a "?" in it. This brings you right to the help article on
GetPoint() method and there is a link to see the sample code.
Again, I still think if you need user to interact with Acad, you'd better do
it inside Acad. However the code would be very similar if you do it by
automating Acad from external VB app, if not identical.
If you want to do it outside just because you want to hide your VBA code
being viewable, you can simply move most process logic code into ActiveX
DLL, and only use simple VBA code to call the DLL. So you have VBA
macro/command in Acad but the code for the main process logic is compiled in
ActiveX DLL. This is easy way to protect VBA code.
"sgrya1" wrote in message news:5853767@discussion.autodesk.com...
Norman,
Thankyou very much for your reply. Your response heavily backs Mark's (MP)
suggestion that I search for GetXXX.
I clearly need some “self help” advise in how to search what I’m after.
I don't know what you mean by “Acad VBA help”. Where is this located and how
do I access it?
You mentioned that it provides exactly the sample code I was after but I can’t
find it.
Mark suggested google groups but
http://groups.google.com/group/autodesk.autocad.customization.vba/search?hl=en&group=autodesk.autocad.customization.vba&q=getxxx
offers 1 only result for “AcadUntility.GetPoint()”
I don’t necessarily want to automate Acad from a stand-alone exe. I just
want to protect what I’ve created with a HASP key.
As you say it would be better if I have VB(A) work with the drawing that
that is open so that I don’t have problems in understanding which open
drawing the exe should be working with.
Can I protect the VBA code that works inside AutoCAD? To be honest I’ve
never created VB code inside AutoCAD so I don’t know where to start and is
the reason I’m asking the question.
To try to explain my application, all I want is for AutoCAD to converse with
the user asking for a start point and an end point and what to insert at the
start points and end points and what to do in between. It’s a series of
questions and mouse clicks for different adjustment locations. After a few
calculations I need to then insert different blocks here and there and add
numerical text values at defined points.
You mention that I could make my VB6 app as an ActiveX EXE, COM
automate-able. Sorry but not so sure what you mean by that either.
