Topic: DBX variables

[Kerry]

As some of you may know, the VisualLisp ActiveX vla-GetVariable does not work when dealing with unopened drawings
ie drawings referenced in this manner:

Code - Auto/Visual Lisp: [Select]

1.  
2.     ;; Create a reference to the ObjectDBX object
3.     (setq dbxSourceDoc (vlax-create-object (strcat "ObjectDBX.AxDbDocument." (substr (getvar "acadver") 1 2))))
4.  
5.     ;; Open an external drawing file
6.     (setq masterPath (findfile "K:\\_VisualLispProjects\\cts-startup\\Startup-test.dwg"))
7.     (acdbm-open dbxSourceDoc masterPath)

I have a case where I require several variable values from unopened drawings.

Thankfully I had my c# hat handy


As a bonus, the routine is not affected if the drawing is simultaniously referenced using ObjectDBX.AxDbDocument

I'll clean-up and post the code when I get a chance if anyone is interested.

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