''connect to Acad
Set acadApp = CreateObject("AutoCAD.Application")
''connect to Acad add on
Set Obj = acadApp.GetInterfaceObject("SOMECOMWRAPPER.SomeComApplication")
If Not Obj Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "Found installed SomeAddOnApp version " & Obj.VersionString
End If C# with COM
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I''m trying to use a COM dll that is an add on to an application that I''m connecting to using C#. Its an add on for AutoCAD and I need to get an instance of it to extract info from the drawing of these custom objects.
Here''s how it''s done in vb-
It's pretty straight forward in C# (and I believe it's the same procedure for VB.NET), though it's not quite as simple as in VB.
1) Run tlbimp on the native binary that has your COM component in it.
2) Declare a COM coclass in your C# source, using the ComImportAttribute.
3) Create the class and run with it. You have to add the managed assembly generated in step 1 as a reference to your C# project.
Here's the tutorial on how to do COM Interop in C#
[edited by - Alias2 on June 2, 2004 2:49:07 AM]
1) Run tlbimp on the native binary that has your COM component in it.
2) Declare a COM coclass in your C# source, using the ComImportAttribute.
3) Create the class and run with it. You have to add the managed assembly generated in step 1 as a reference to your C# project.
Here's the tutorial on how to do COM Interop in C#
[edited by - Alias2 on June 2, 2004 2:49:07 AM]
Author
Thanks Alias2, I''ll let you know how I get on after getting my head around that.
Cheers.Mick
Cheers.Mick
If you are using Visual Studio then it''s enough to just add a reference directly to the COM dll. VS will automatically create the managed wrapper and reference it, so you can work with the COM dll just the same as with a normal managed dll.
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