Note, I am not looking for batch plotting here, but just the ability to select the printer, papersize and Plot. VB.NET seems to have a nicer way of handling all the script options rather than having to create a script sequence. I want it this way because it seems cleaner. I want the application external because it seems easier to manage. I plan on adding it to the menu, but only externally.
Currently, we have a script that uses laserjet.pc3. Last week we installed eight new printers and the script no longer worked. LaserJet.pc3 is mapped to a port, and i the current program (which I did not write) is driver dependant. Thus, new drivers means the program quits working. I am of the opinion that we can have a program that will just print to a specified printer. I have this part all coded. It's getting the current AutoCAD instance to be referenced by VB.NET that I struggle with.
Thanks for the link. It is the best thing I've found, and I did not see anything like this in the chm help files that come with AutoCAD, through 2010. Because we have many users on 2006, we are writing the app to that standard. It is my understanding that 2006 marked the start of .NET for AutoCAD, however. I'm sorry if I was unclear in my post. I did not think I mentioned anything anout dll's. To me, it was always an external app.
Respectfully, I do believe there is a huge difference between an end user with a question, and a muilti-million dollar software company not providing complete documentation. I've been using Autodesk products for 25 years, and they have consistently been two to three years behind in documenting their software capabilities. If one looks at the chm documentation for .NET in 2006, and again in 2010, they will see no difference in the documentation! As for this website, again thanks!