Well done, Gile.I think so.
Question: if a .NET app can be run outside of AutoCAD (standalone exe), then it is an executable, and not a plug-in (dll, which can only run within AutoCAD), no?
* API is any Application that you use to create a program , methods , functions ... etc by using its Classes, functions, dialog boxes, ... etc to produce a program that not necessarily to run into AutoCAD which could be a xxx.exe (executable program), xxx.dll and what ever the other program file extensions.
Talking abou COM and Active-X :Some of the LISP vlax-* functions are use to access the whole ActiveX environment (not exclusively the AutoCAD COM API), you can use them to access to the Excel API for example.
For instance in AutoLISP , functions that start with vlax-*** considered Active-X functions , correct?