ActiveX Developer's Guide (ActiveX)

AutoCAD ActiveX Technology

Sample Code

Migrating Automation Projects

ActiveX API History

AutoCAD Object Model

Accessing the Object Hierarchy

Collection Objects

Properties and Methods

Parent Objects

Locating the Type Library

Using Variants in Methods and Properties

Using Other Programming Languages

Opening, Saving, and Closing Drawings

Setting AutoCAD Preferences

Controlling the Application Window

Controlling the Drawing Windows

Resetting Active Objects

Setting and Returning System Variables

Drawing with Precision

Prompting for User Input

Accessing the AutoCAD Command Line

Working with No Documents Open

Importing Other File Formats

Exporting to Other File Formats

Creating Objects

Working with Selection Sets

Modifying Objects

Assigning Layers, Colors, and Linetypes to Objects

Saving and Restoring Layer Settings

Adding Text to Drawings

Dimensioning Concepts

Creating Dimensions

Editing Dimensions

Working with Dimension Styles

Dimensioning in Model Space and Paper Space

Creating Leaders and Annotation

Using Geometric Tolerances

Model Space and Paper Space

Layouts

Viewports

Plotting Your Drawing

Working with Raster Images

Using Blocks and Attributes

Using External References

Assigning and Retrieving Extended Data

Specifying 3D Coordinates

Defining a User Coordinate System

Converting Coordinates

Editing in 3D

Events in AutoCAD

Event Handlers

Handling Application Level Events

Handling Document Level Events

Handling Object Level Events

MenuBar and MenuGroups Collections

Loading Menu Groups

Changing the Menu Bar

Creating and Editing Pull-Down and Shortcut Menus

Creating and Editing Toolbars

Creating Macros

Creating Status-Line Help for Menu Items and Toolbar Items

Adding Entries to the Right-Click Menu