Creating an OLE object without user interaction

[Kyudos]

Is there a LISP way to create an OLE object from a file using the file type (file association) without any user interaction? (in this case, an RTF using Word as the server, but it would be good if it was generic)

I realise I can just call PASTESPEC, but that then requires the user to make choices they might not understand....?

[pendean]

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@Kyudos wrote:

...without any user interaction?...

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Is the RTF (or other files) always called the same exact file name, same file type, and it is always in the same exact folder and folder hierarchy?

[Kyudos]

I'm actually trying to do this from my ARX, but there is no ObjectARX way as far as I can tell. That essentially means I know what the (RTF) file is called and where it lives, so I can  create the LISP anyway it needs to be done and/or I could use a fixed file name/location.

[Moshe-A]

@Kyudos hi,

You can also achieve the same result with PASTECLIP command and can be invoked from AutoLISP (command) function without the dialog box and if remember right in ObjectArx is the same with AcEdCommand.

Moshe

[pbejse]

Look into .NET 

System.Drawing.Image imge = Bitmap.FromFile(IMGTMP);
System.IO.MemoryStream mem = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
imge.Save(mem, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);
imge.Dispose();
mem.Position = 0;
imge = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(mem);
Clipboard.SetImage(ScaleImage(imge, 1600, 1200));

Where IMGTMP is the source image file

HTH

[Kyudos]

Thanks everyone for the input. I found that, despite what the docs appear to suggest, it is actually possible with ObjectARX:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/objectarx/ole-objectarx-my-misapprehension/td-p/13212964