Using Programming Languages other than VBA

Sub Example_AngleToReal()
	' This example passes several different strings representing
	' an angle in different units to be converted to radians.

	Dim angAsStr As String
	Dim unit As Integer
	Dim angAsReal As Double

	' Convert the angle given in degrees unit to a real
	angAsStr = "45"
	unit = acDegrees
	angAsReal = ThisDrawing.Utility.AngleToReal(angAsStr, unit)
	MsgBox "45 degrees converts to " & angAsReal & " radians.", , "AngleAsReal Example"

	' Convert the angle given in degrees/minutes/seconds unit to Radians
	angAsStr = "45d0' 0"""
	unit = acDegreeMinuteSeconds
	angAsReal = ThisDrawing.Utility.AngleToReal(angAsStr, unit)
	MsgBox "45 degrees, 0 minutes, 0 seconds converts to " & angAsReal & " radians.", , "AngleAsReal Example"

	' Convert the angle given in grads unit to Radians
	angAsStr = "50"
	unit = acGrads
	angAsReal = ThisDrawing.Utility.AngleToReal(angAsStr, unit)
	MsgBox "50 grads converts to " & angAsReal & " radians.", , "AngleAsReal Example"

End Sub