Présentation par l'éditeur

AutoCAD 2004 VBA: A Programmer's Reference teaches how to automate Autodesk design tasks using the embedded Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programming environment. AutoCAD is possibly the best selling CAD software in the world, and while not a Microsoft product, does include Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), allowing graphic designers to control their environment programmatically.

VBA allows you to take complete control of AutoCAD and to automate all your AutoCAD drawing tasks. With VBA you can automate and customize everything you do in AutoCAD 2004, so you can work faster and more efficiently. AutoCAD 2004 VBA provides a unique opportunity to build custom applications to create and manipulate AutoCAD drawings, interact with a user and plot your drawings. You can even use VBA to create designs that modify themselves based on user input or computational results.

This book provides you with a complete reference to the AutoCAD VBA language. This book is for anyone who wants to take full advantage of the VBA programming language that comes with AutoCAD 2004. If you're new to VBA programming, this book will give you enough information to start making AutoCAD work for you.

Power users who want to take advantage of the advanced features of AutoCAD 2004 VBA and who need a fast reference to the full AutoCAD object model will find great value in this book. Additional topics covered include connecting to Microsoft Office products such as Excel and Word, and using the Win32 API.

Au sommaire

• The Integrated Development Environment - VBAIDE
• Introduction to Visual Basic Programming
• Application Elements
• AutoCAD Events
• User Preferences and the Preferences Object
• Controlling Layers and Linetypes
• User Interaction and the Utility Object
• Drawing Objects
• Creating 3D Objects
• Editing Objects
• Dimensions and Annotations
• SelectionSets and Groups
• Blocks, Attributes and External References
• Views and Viewports
• Layout and Plot Configurations
• Controlling Menus and Toolbars
• Drawing Security
• Using the Windows API
• Connecting to Microsoft Office Applications

• Appendix A--AutoCAD Object Summary
• Appendix B--AutoCAD Constants Reference
• Appendix C--AutoCAD System Variables Reference
• Appendix D--AutoCAD 2000, 2002 and 2004 Object Model Cross-Reference

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