Following is completely based on code that was
written by Bryco, SomeCallMeDave and others
Option Explicit
Private VL
Function GetVl() As Object
Dim AcadVer As Integer
Dim VLisp As Object
AcadVer = CInt(Left$(ThisDrawing.GetVariable("ACADVER"), 2))
Select Case AcadVer
Case Is < 16
Set VLisp = ThisDrawing.Application.GetInterfaceObject("VL.Application.1")
Case 16
Set VLisp = ThisDrawing.Application.GetInterfaceObject("VL.Application.16")
Case Else
Set VLisp = ThisDrawing.Application.GetInterfaceObject("VL.Application.16")
End Select
Set GetVl = VLisp
End Function
'SomeCallMeDave
'http://www.vbdesign.net/expresso/showthread.php?postid=83887#post83887
'Changed pAcadObj As AcadObject to pAcadObj As Object to access imagedef as well
'Modified by Jeff Mishler, March 2006, to get the Block table object, not Block_Record table object
Public Function vbAssoc(pAcadObj, pDXFCode As Integer) As Variant
Dim VLisp As Object
Dim VLispFunc As Object
Dim varRetVal As Variant
Dim obj1 As Object
Dim obj2 As Object
Dim strHnd As String
Dim strVer As String
Dim lngCount As Long
Dim i As Long
Dim j As Long
On Error GoTo vbAssocError
Set VLisp = GetVl
Set VLispFunc = VLisp.ActiveDocument.Functions
If Not TypeOf pAcadObj Is AcadBlock Then
strHnd = pAcadObj.Handle
Else
Dim lispStr As String
lispStr = "(cdr (assoc 5 (entget (tblobjname " & Chr(34) & "Block" & Chr(34) & Chr(34) & pAcadObj.Name & Chr(34) & "))))"
Set obj1 = VLispFunc.Item("read").Funcall(lispStr)
strHnd = VLispFunc.Item("eval").Funcall(obj1)
End If
Set obj1 = VLispFunc.Item("read").Funcall("pDXF")
varRetVal = VLispFunc.Item("set").Funcall(obj1, pDXFCode)
Set obj1 = VLispFunc.Item("read").Funcall("pHandle")
varRetVal = VLispFunc.Item("set").Funcall(obj1, strHnd)
Set obj1 = VLispFunc.Item("read").Funcall("(vl-princ-to-string (cdr (assoc pDXF (entget (handent pHandle)))))")
varRetVal = VLispFunc.Item("eval").Funcall(obj1)
vbAssoc = varRetVal
'clean up the newly created LISP symbols
Set obj1 = VLispFunc.Item("read").Funcall("(setq pDXF nil)")
varRetVal = VLispFunc.Item("eval").Funcall(obj1)
Set obj1 = VLispFunc.Item("read").Funcall("(setq pHandle nil)")
varRetVal = VLispFunc.Item("eval").Funcall(obj1)
'release the objects or Autocad gets squirrely (no offense RR)
Set obj2 = Nothing
Set obj1 = Nothing
Set VLispFunc = Nothing
Set VLisp = Nothing
Exit Function
vbAssocError:
Set obj2 = Nothing
Set obj1 = Nothing
Set VLispFunc = Nothing
Set VLisp = Nothing
MsgBox "Error occurred " & Err.Description
End Function
Sub GetEntType()
Dim varPt As Variant
Dim oEnt As AcadEntity
ThisDrawing.Utility.GetEntity oEnt, varPt
If Not oEnt Is Nothing Then
MsgBox vbAssoc(oEnt, 0)
End If
End Sub
~'J'~
