Using Programming Languages other than VBA

Sub Example_CreateEntry()
	'This example adds an entry to the File Dependency List, returns its Index, updates
	'the entry, and then removes the entry.
	
	ThisDrawing.Application.Documents.Open ("c:\program files\autocad\sample\city map.dwg")
	ThisDrawing.Application.ZoomAll

	Dim objFDLCol As AutoCAD.AcadFileDependencies
	Dim objFDL As AutoCAD.AcadFileDependency

	Set objFDLCol = ThisDrawing.FileDependencies
	MsgBox ("The number of entries in the File Dependency List is " & objFDLCol.Count & ".")

	Dim FDLIndex As Long
	FDLIndex = objFDLCol.CreateEntry("acad:xref", "c:\referenced.dwg", True, True)
	MsgBox ("The number of entries in the File Dependency List is " & objFDLCol.Count & ".")

	Dim IndexNumber As Long
	IndexNumber = objFDLCol.IndexOf("acad:xref", "c:\referenced.dwg")
	Dim IndexString As String
	IndexString = CStr(IndexNumber)
	MsgBox ("The index of the new entry is " & IndexString & ".")

	objFDLCol.UpdateEntry (FDLIndex)

	objFDLCol.RemoveEntry FDLIndex, True
	MsgBox ("The number of entries in the File Dependency List is " & objFDLCol.Count & ".")
 End Sub