Imports information from a type library
Supported Platforms: Windows only
(vlax-import-type-library :tlb-filename filename [:methods-prefix mprefix :properties-prefix pprefix :constants-prefix cprefix])
Type: String
Name of the type library. A file can be one of the following types:
If you omit the path from tlb-filename, AutoCAD looks for the file in the support file search path.
Type: String
Prefix to be used for method wrapper functions. For example, if the type library contains a Calculate method and the mprefix parameter is set to “cc-”, Visual LISP generates a wrapper function named cc-Calculate. This parameter defaults to “”.
Type: String
Prefix to be used for property wrapper functions. For example, if the type library contains a Width property with both read and write permissions, and pprefix is set to “cc-”, then Visual LISP generates wrapper functions named cc-get-Width and cc-put-Width. This parameter defaults to “”.
Type: String
Prefix to be used for constants contained in the type library. For example, if the type library contains a ccMaxCountOfRecords property with both read and write permissions, and cprefix is set to “cc-”, Visual LISP generates a constant named cc-ccMaxCountOfRecords. This parameter defaults to “”.
Type: T or nil
T, if successful; otherwise, nil if the library could not be imported.
Function wrappers created by vlax-import-type-library are available only in the context of the document vlax-import-type-library was issued from.
In the current release, vlax-import-type-library is executed at runtime, rather than at compile time. In future releases, this may change. The following practices are recommended when using vlax-import-type-library:
Import a Microsoft Word type library, assigning the prefix “msw-” to methods and properties, and “mswc-” to constants:
(vlax-import-type-library :tlb-filename "c:/program files/microsoft office/office14/msword.olb" :methods-prefix "msw-" :properties-prefix "msw-" :constants-prefix "mswc-") T