Update Info for AutoCAD 2007+

 

09/04/2007

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Jorge Lopez
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jorge.lopez@jrl-e.com

Sample docked ActiveX controls inside AutoCAD 2007.

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Change Log

General:

  • Unicode compliant code
  • Versioning of application and type library names
  • New guids generated for all interfaces and coclass objects to allow side by side use/installation with previous versions
  • Uses the new AutoCAD palette UI look and feel
  • Fixed an error triggered during the AutoCAD shutdown process
  • Change in OnContextMenu handling

Merged interfaces: 

  • IAcadDockableContainer + IAcadDockableContainer2 + IAcadDockableContainer3 => IAcadDockableContainer

Deleted interfaces:

  •  IAcadDockableContainer2  (use IAcadDockableContainer)
  •  IAcadDockableContainer3  (use IAcadDockableContainer)
  •  IRetrieveDockableContainer2  (use IRetrieveDockableContainer)

Deleted coclasses:

  • AcadDockableContainer2
  • AcadDockableContainer3

Migration of ActiveX Controls

  • Reference the new Accont type library and remove references to the previous one.
  • Reference the new AutoCAD type library (eg. acaxenu17.tlb) and remove references to the previous one.
  • Make appropriate changes to reflect interface / coclass changes.

Disclaimer

THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITH ALL FAULTS. YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY WITH REGARDS TO THIS PROGRAM AND SOURCE CODE BY USING IT.

AutoCAD 2000 through 2008

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software in object code form for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that it does not break existing users of Accont.arx, Accont16.arx, Accont17.arx, Accont18.arx. You do this by changing the ARX and TLB file names, the registered command name, the registry key entries (both demand loading and COM support), and all the guids used.