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Code Red => VB(A) => Topic started by: chobo on February 09, 2009, 08:22:57 AM

Title: No VBA installed with AutoCAD 2010
Post by: chobo on February 09, 2009, 08:22:57 AM

not a question.
did you read this post?
http://blog.jtbworld.com/2009/02/no-vba-installed-with-autocad-2010.html

Title: Re: No VBA installed with AutoCAD 2010
Post by: Matt__W on February 09, 2009, 08:38:39 AM

Ohhhh.... yay...   :|



crap

Title: Re: No VBA installed with AutoCAD 2010
Post by: David Hall on February 09, 2009, 09:57:37 AM

for what its worth, I went to autodesks site, and that link is dead.  Doesn't mean it isn't valid, but the link was dead

Title: Re: No VBA installed with AutoCAD 2010
Post by: It's Alive! on February 09, 2009, 10:22:24 AM

So does 2010 come with VSTA  ?

Title: Re: No VBA installed with AutoCAD 2010
Post by: Crank on February 13, 2009, 07:48:05 AM

Quote from: Daniel on February 09, 2009, 10:22:24 AM

So does 2010 come with VSTA  ?

I didn't find anything about that, but Acad2011 probably will:
In a few weeks time they will have a FAQ about the future of VBA and VSTA (see http://www.autodesk.com/vba-download).
They are also working on a .NET developers guide (no release date yet) and are putting together a transition plan from VBA to .NET and VSTA.

Title: Re: No VBA installed with AutoCAD 2010
Post by: It's Alive! on February 13, 2009, 08:13:25 PM

Interesting, I thought they might run both side-by-side for a few versions, to give people time to make the change.

Title: Re: No VBA installed with AutoCAD 2010
Post by: Jeff_M on February 13, 2009, 08:33:50 PM

According to Peter Funk, lead software coordinator for Autodesk's Civil3D section, they are planning on shipping VBA with C3D2010. No word on Vanilla or other verticals, though.

Title: Re: No VBA installed with AutoCAD 2010
Post by: sinc on February 14, 2009, 10:12:53 AM

I suspect that's because of the subassemblies.  Many people have custom VBA subassemblies at this point.

Title: Re: No VBA installed with AutoCAD 2010
Post by: mkweaver on February 14, 2009, 12:37:37 PM

Jimmy Bergmark (jtbworld.com) posted comments from Autodesk stating:

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We will continue to support VBA now and into the foreseeable future in the AutoCAD product line. We are putting together a transition plan to .NET and VSTA and expect to support VBA until our research shows most customers have migrated their code (which could take years.)

We are offering VBA for download on our website - which will appear once the product officially ships. You can download the product and install and deploy it within your organization. Your VBA code should work just as before.

I don't expect support for VBA to go away any time soon.

Entire article:http://blog.jtbworld.com/2009/02/autocad-2010-vba-and-vsta-future.html

Title: Re: No VBA installed with AutoCAD 2010
Post by: Crank on February 14, 2009, 12:56:05 PM

It's official now. 2 quotes (http://discussion.autodesk.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=715071&tstart=0) of Eric Stover (Product Line Manager Autodesk, inc.):

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We will continue to support VBA now and into the foreseeable future in the AutoCAD product line. We are putting together a transition plan to .NET and VSTA and expect to support VBA until our research shows most customers have migrated their code (which could take years.)

We are offering VBA for download on our website - which will appear once the product officially ships. You can download the product and install and deploy it within your organization. Your VBA code should work just as before.

Again, look for information on the longer term transition to VSTA coming soon on .com.

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[...]

 there is no intention to eliminate COM in AutoCAD in the near future. As far as our 3-year roadmap is concerned, the obit of COM support is not a part of our strategy.

Additionally, while COM is not a primarty focus, it will be extended/expanded if necessary based upon individual feature requirements.