AutoCAD.
ActiveX. enables you to manipulate AutoCAD programmatically from
within or outside AutoCAD.
It does this by exposing AutoCAD objects to the “outside world.”
Once these objects are exposed, they can be accessed by many
different programming languages and environments and by other
applications such as Microsoft. Word VBA or Excel VBA.
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There are
two advantages to implementing an ActiveX interface for
AutoCAD:
Programmatic access to AutoCAD drawings is opened up to many
more programming environments. Before ActiveX Automation,
developers were limited to an AutoLISP. or C++ interface.
Sharing data with other Windows. applications, such as
Microsoft Excel and Word, is made dramatically easier.
An object is
the main building block of any ActiveX application. Each exposed
object represents a precise part of AutoCAD. There are many
different types of objects in the AutoCAD ActiveX interface. For
example:
Graphical objects such as lines, arcs, text, and dimensions are
objects.
Style settings such as linetypes and dimension styles are
objects.
Organizational structures such as layers, groups, and blocks
are objects.
The drawing displays such as view and viewport are
objects.
Even the drawing and the AutoCAD application are considered
objects.
