TheSwamp
Code Red => VB(A) => Topic started by: Bob Wahr on June 01, 2006, 04:01:38 PM
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I haven't installed it yet so does anyone know if 2007 VBA does object ghosting for manipultaing entities?
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I dunno ... whatever happened to the ghost jig from CV?
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I never tried it out and am not sure if it ever got finished. Paul Marshall had his mousetracker dll for it but I'm not sure if I have that around either. I should. I was more just wondering if adesk had addressed it yet.
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I was more just wondering if adesk had addressed it yet.
They haven't and with the focus on the .NET API, which does address it, I doubt the ActiveX API will ever see large additions to functionality.
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So Bobby .. if I port a VB appllication to .net, can I make use of the .net ghost jig and more importantly, will that application be backward compatable since it is a defacto compiled executable?
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So Bobby .. if I port a VB appllication to .net, can I make use of the .net ghost jig and more importantly, will that application be backward compatable since it is a defacto compiled executable?
Keith,
You can only derrive a jig class in 2006 and higher.
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Thanks tons Bobby. I guess this is as good a reason as any to jump into .net
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Thanks tons Bobby. I guess this is as good a reason as any to jump into .net
No prob. Bob :-)
I posted a couple of examples over in the .NET forum. This first one will drag a simple circle around the crosshairs.
http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=8195.0
This second one is a definite W.I.P., but likely closer to what you're looking for. It works well, in my limited testing, until your mouse goes out of the acad window. Then it can get a little funky. I haven't worked on it since posting the code here...
http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=8198.0
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Wow! Thanks for that. I am all of the sudden left with the slightly sickly feeling that I am on the brink of dropping into something that will be well over my head. Should be fun. Expect questions. Lots of them.
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Wow! Thanks for that.
De Nada!
I am all of the sudden left with the slightly sickly feeling that I am on the brink of dropping into something that will be well over my head.
I'll share some of the advice that I got when I first dipped my toes into .NET. Don't try to do it all at once; just what you need, when you need it.
I didn't follow that advice in the beginning and almost choked on the very large bite that I took. I came from a BASIC/LISP/VB background. And I tried to learn a new language, C#, and a new way of programming, OOP, all in one fell swoop. And now with the newer releases of acad you have to throw a new API into that mix :-o
Just don't let it all overwhelm you. :-) It's worth the time and effort.
Should be fun. Expect questions. Lots of them.
It will be fun, I promise. And there are lots of very talented and informative people that are lurking over in the .NET forum just itching to answer questions. And lots of them :-)