vlax-get-or-create-object (AutoLISP)

2013-04-10

Product Documentation

Intermediate

Returns a running instance of an application object, or creates a new instance if the application is not currently running

(vlax-get-or-create-object prog-id)

Arguments

prog-id: A string containing the programmatic identifier of the desired ActiveX object. The format of prog-id is

<Vendor>.<Component>.<Version>

For example:

AutoCAD.Drawing.19

Return Values

The object.

Examples

(vlax-get-or-create-object "Excel.Application")
#<VLA-OBJECT _Application 0017bb5c>