Terms related to VBA projects and the VBA IDE.
- Global Project
- A VBA project stored in a .dvb file.
- Embedded Project
- A VBA project stored in an AutoCAD drawing.
- Regular Document
- An AutoCAD drawing that does not contain VBA embedded projects.
- Smart Document
- An AutoCAD drawing that contains one or more VBA embedded projects.
- Current Project
- The project currently selected in the VBA IDE.
- ThisDrawing
- ThisDrawing is a VBA programming term used to represent the current drawing. For global projects, ThisDrawing always refers to the active document in AutoCAD. For embedded projects, ThisDrawing always refers to the document containing the project.
- VBA IDE
- The VBA interactive development environment. This application allows you to edit the code and forms in your project, or copy code and forms from other projects. It also allows you to set references to other application Object Models.
- VBA Manager
- The VBA Manager allows you to manage your projects. You can create, delete, embed, or extract projects. You can also view which projects, if any, are embedded in an open drawing.
- Macros Dialog Box
- The Macros dialog box allows you to run, delete, and create new macros, and provides access to the VBA project options.