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AutoCAD 2006 VBA A Programmer's Reference

:	Joe Sutphin
:	AutoCAD 2006 VBA A Programmer's Reference
:	Apress
:	9781430200697
:	2
:	CHF 93.70
:

:	Informatik
:	English

:	744
:	Wasserzeichen/DRM
:	PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
:	PDF

* Second Edition of the comprehensive and highly respected guide to the AutoCAD VBA language.

* Suitable for all skill levels, novice and advanced power users.

* A complete reference for the AutoCAD 2006 object model, it shows you how to connect to other VBA-enabled applications, such as Word and Excel, and use the using the Win32 API to further extend your applications.

Joe Sutphin's background includes more than 20 years in the machinery manufacturing industry. He has more than 14 years of computer-aided design experience with more than eight years of AutoCAD-specific experience. Joe is an Autodesk registered developer, and his work has appeared in the pages of Cadence and Cadalyst magazines. He has been programming for over 10 years, with the last five years spent focusing on Visual Basic. In 1998, he collaborated with Microsoft on a Visual Basic application case study.

	Contents	6
	About the Author	23
	About the Technical Reviewers	24
	Acknowledgments	25
	Introduction	26
	Chapter 1 The VBA Integrated Development Environment (VBAIDE)	28
	Visual Basic Concepts	28
	Windows, Events, and Messages	28
	Event-Driven vs. Procedural Programming	29
	Developing Your Applications Interactively	30
	Starting the Editor	30
	Exploring the User Interface	31
	The Project Explorer	32
	The Code Window	32
	The Properties Window	33
	The Object and Procedure Boxes	33
	The Immediate Window	34
	The Options Dialog Box	35
	Managing Projects	36
	Project Structure	36
	Creating,Opening, and Saving Projects	37
	Adding, Saving, and Removing Files	39
	Adding ActiveX Controls and Code Components	40
	The Object Browser	42
	Overview of AutoCAD VBA Commands	49
	Summary	49
	Chapter 2 Introduction to Visual Basic Programming	50
	Variables	50
	Declaring Variables	50
	Variable Scope and Lifetime	52
	Data Types	54
	Introduction to Arrays	56
	Modules	58
	UserForm	58
	Standard	58
	Class	59
	Procedures	59
	Calling Procedures	61
	Passing Arguments to Procedures	61
	Control Structures	61
	Decision Structures	61
	Select Case	63
	Loop Structures	64
	Do While ... Loop	64
	Do ... Loop While	65
	Do Until ... Loop and Do Loop ... Until	65
	For ... Each ... Next	67
	Nested Control Structures	67
	Exiting a Control Structure	68
	Exiting a Sub or Function Procedure	69
	With ... End With	69
	Application Writing Techniques	70
	Writing Statements on Multiple Lines	70
	Combining Statements on a Single Line	70
	Adding Comments to Your Code	71
	Overview of Object-Oriented Programming	71
	Objects and Classes	71
	Object Data	72
	Private Variables	72
	Public Variables	72
	An Object s Behavior	72
	Debugging Basics	73
	Summary	80
	Chapter 3 Application Elements	81
	Designing a UserForm	81
	Adding a UserForm to Your Application	81
	Setting UserForm Properties	82
	Adding a Control to a Form	84
	Visual Basic ActiveX Controls	86
	TextBox	87
	ListBox	88
	CheckBox	88
	OptionButton	89
	ToggleButton	89
	Frame	90
	CommandButton	90
	Additional ActiveX Controls	90
	TabStrip	90
	MultiPage	91
	ScrollBar	91
	SpinButton	91
	Image	91
	Summary	92
	Chapter 4 AutoCAD Events	93
	Application-Level Events	93
	Document-Level Events	96
	The BeginCommand and EndCommand Events	97
	The BeginOpen and EndOpen Events	98
	The BeginClose and BeginDocClose Events	98
	The Activate and Deactivate Events	99
	The BeginSave and EndSave Events	99
	Object-Level Events	99
	Summary	100
	Chapter 5 User Preferences	101
	Getting and Setting Support Path(s)	103
	Controlling Cursor Size	104
	Getting and Setting the AutoSaveInterval Property	104
	Getting and Setting the Drawing Template File Path	105
	Getting and Setting the Printer Support Path	105
	Getting and Setting the File SaveAs Type	106
	Enabling and Disabling the Startup Dialog Box	108
	Saving and Retrieving Personal Preferences	109
	User Preferences Changes in AutoCAD 2004	110
	Summary	111
	Chapter 6 Controlling Layers and Linetypes	112
	Layers	112
	Accessing Layers	113
	Iterating Layers	113
	Checking for Existing Layers	114
	Creating a New Layer	116
	Making a Layer Active	117
	Turning a Layer On/Off	119
	Setting a Layer to Be Frozen or Thawed	120
	Locking/Unlocking a Layer	120
	Making Layers Plottable	121
	Renaming a Layer	121
	Deleting a Layer	122
	Getting a Layer s Handle	123
	Layer Colors	123
	Layer Linetypes	124
	Layer Lineweights	125
	Linetypes	125
	Accessing Linetypes	126
	Checking for Existing Linetypes	127
	Loading a Linetype	128
	Making a Linetype Active	130
	Renaming a Linetype	131
	Deleting a Linetype	132
	Getting a Linetype s Handle	133
	Changing a Linetype s Description	133
	Scaling Linetypes	134
	Summary	135
	Chapter 7 User Interaction and the Utility Object	136
	Interface Methods	136
	Input Methods and Dialogs	136
	The PromptMethod	138
	The InitializeUserInputMethod	138
	Handling Errors in User Input	153
	Conversion Methods	154
	The AngleToRealMethod	154
	The AngleToStringMethod	155
	The DistanceToRealMethod	155
	The RealToStringMethod	156
	The AngleFromXAxisMethod	157
	The PolarPointMethod	158
	The TranslateCoordinatesMethod	159
	Internet Methods	161
	The IsURLMethod	161
	The LaunchBrowserDialogMethod	162
	The GetRemoteFileMethod	164
	The IsRemoteFileMethod	165
	The PutRemoteFileMethod	165
	Summary	166
	Chapter 8 Drawing Objects	167