Topic: New to VB.NET

[ScottBolton]

[Copied from the VB(A) forum]
Chaps,

I'm completely new to VB.NET (though I'm a novice with VBA) and also new to posting in this forum although I've visited a few times before so, "Howdy!".

Can somebody please point me in the right direction with a couple of examples so that I can get my head around the way VB.NET works (in AutoCAD 2008)?

Example 1: Create a new layer "Test", change the color to "Red". Maybe check for the layer's presence and color first...? Now draw a line from '(0 0 0) to a point picked by the user - showing the rubber band between the two.

Example 2: Search for a block "hfd" and then an attribute in it called "tek". Get the final four characters of the contents, convert this to an integer, add 1, convert it back to text and substitute the part of the original text with this new part. Basically I'm incrementing a drawing number.

Both are incredibly simple in LISP (so why not stick with it?!) but it's time to see what VB.NET can do!

S

[huiz]

These are not really examples to convince someone to change to .NET from Lisp.

It's like taking a hugh truck to bring an envelope to someone, just to see why a truck is better than a bike

[Kerry]

Scott
There are hundreds of samples of effective VB and C# Managed code illustrating examples similar to your wishes.

Have a look at this for a start
http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=32381.0

by the time you get through those you should be able to decide to use vb or c# or Stay with Lisp (which btw is still a pretty viable choice if wou don't intend to do any general App programming)

[ScottBolton]

These are not really examples to convince someone to change to .NET from Lisp.

It's like taking a hugh truck to bring an envelope to someone, just to see why a truck is better than a bike

True, and I hope to be able to move more than a single envelope with my truck, but at least I'd see how to turn the engine on.

[ScottBolton]

Scott
There are hundreds of samples of effective VB and C# Managed code illustrating examples similar to your wishes.

Have a look at this for a start
http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=32381.0

by the time you get through those you should be able to decide to use vb or c# or Stay with Lisp (which btw is still a pretty viable choice if wou don't intend to do any general App programming)

Thanks, Kerry. I'll have a look at these...

S

[Kerry]

These are not really examples to convince someone to change to .NET from Lisp.

It's like taking a hugh truck to bring an envelope to someone, just to see why a truck is better than a bike

True, and I hope to be able to move more than a single envelope with my truck, but at least I'd see how to turn the engine on.

I enjoy 'Dueling Analogies'

[dgorsman]

These are not really examples to convince someone to change to .NET from Lisp.

It's like taking a hugh truck to bring an envelope to someone, just to see why a truck is better than a bike

True, and I hope to be able to move more than a single envelope with my truck, but at least I'd see how to turn the engine on.

I enjoy 'Dueling Analogies'

Its like going to a trade show just to turn on a vehicle with an engine thats bigger than your entire car.  Now *thats* fun.