TheSwamp
Code Red => VB(A) => Topic started by: jbuzbee on March 25, 2011, 09:07:53 AM
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Ok, so I realize that I'll probably upgrade to a 64 bit operating system in the near future, but, I'm not going to upgrade AutoCAD (I have 2009). I'm not going to be doing anything heavy: I might be doing conceptual design but that's about it. So my question is: will VBA operate as expected on a 2009 / 64 bit platform? Speed?
OpenDCL isn't progressing as expected, sorry Owen and crew. I can do wonderful things with VBA forms and VLisp. Should I go back??
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VBA works fine in 2009 on a x64 system. The slowdowns you've heard about only affect x64 versions of AutoCAD and it's verticals.
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So if I'm just using VBA for my VLisp forms I should be fine? I don't do a lot of "vertical coding" because of the inherent problems: they didn't do a very good job exposing the api.
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Oops, since Civil3D wasn't available in x64 flavor until the 2011 product I forget that Acad had x64 long before that. If you are using the 32 bit version of 2009, you won't see any slowdowns. If you are using a 64 bit version (if it was offered...I honestly have no idea when the first one was available) then you will likely see some slowdown. How much, I can't say as I've never tried it. I have avoided the VBA enabler for my C3D2011x64 just because I don't want to find out...I'm happy moving on with .NET.
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I'm happy moving on with .NET
Man, if I had the time . . ..
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I'm happy moving on with .NET
Man, if I had the time . . ..
If you only use it for forms to support LISP, its not that much more time than VBA. To me, that makes it a good time investment.