Visual Basic 2013 & AutoCAD 20

kduck63 · 发表于 2022-7-6 22:00:08

I wrote a couple of VB applications a few years ago using VB 2008 express and Acad 2012 if memory serves. I am trying to get back into it using VB 2013 express and Acad 2015, but I am not having much luck.

I have downloaded and referenced the objectarx 2015 files, but I am not able to successfully launch Acad when debugging. Searching for answers on the internet yields results using older versions of both AutoCAD and VB express; do I need to use older versions as well?

BlackBox · 发表于 2022-7-6 22:20:58

Greetings from a few hours North.

By VB 2013 Express, did you mean VS Community version? There hasn't been a standalone VB Express version since +/- 2010.

I use VS 2013 (full version; thank you BizSpark!), to develop for AutoCAD 2012-2016+Alphas.

Rather than manually configuring your Solution's Assembly References, remembering to set Copy Local == false, etc... Why not just use the AutoCAD .NET Wizard, which will automagically map the selected Acad.exe (and vertical?) to the StartupApplication XmlNode within .Proj for you?

Cheers

kduck63 · 发表于 2022-7-6 22:30:07

Yes, I'm using VS Express 2013 and I am settings copy locals to "false". I did download a wizard from the Acad site, but it only installed a template in the C# section of VS; is there a template for visual basic?

Thank you.

BlackBox · 发表于 2022-7-6 22:37:28

Well, you should learn C# anyway, as there are substantially more code samples, and fellow programmers that use C# over VB, for it's inherent shortcoming, difficulty with Extension Methods, etc. I too started with VB, quickly learned C#, and haven't looked back.

That said, you may want to ensure that you've downloaded the newest Wizard, as I ran into a similar issue some time ago, which has since been fixed:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/net/autocad-2015-net-wizard/td-p/5169991

Cheers

kduck63 · 发表于 2022-7-6 22:50:37

Thank you for the link and your thoughts regarding my issue; i might look into c# if i can't get vb up and running.

Thanks again.

BlackBox · 发表于 2022-7-6 23:07:23

You're welcome, kduck63; I'm happy to help.

Also, this albeit old thread may be of use:

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?69646-Where-to-start-with-.Net

Cheers

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