Topic: Length of Polyline request- 2 part question

[David Hall]

I have a question, does LT work with a compiled .Net exe?  I dont have LT nor do I have the full version of VS, so I am mostly curious if LT can work with a .Net exe.  I'm thinking no off the top of my head, but since its an external exe, I'm not sure.

If NO, am I SOL for making any kind of tool that can be used in LT?  Seems like a duhism, yea, your screwed, but I need to ask.

[Keith™]

Well, lets just look at the basics here ... by downloading and installing the .NET architecture libraries from Autodesk, you agree to not use them to develop any addon for use with AutoCAD LT (among other Autodesk programs). If you don't use the Autodesk libraries then I suppose this does not apply. On the other hand, while it is entirely possible to create an EXE to work with LT through a series of calls to the classes that make up the program, since it is an external program, the marshalling would likely be detrimental to performance.

[David Hall]

thats what I thought in a very round about way of beating the bushes.  Thanks Keith.