kduck63 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I wrote a couple of VB applications a few years ago using VB 2008 express and Acad 2012 if memory serves. I am trying to get back into it using VB 2013 express and Acad 2015, but I am not having much luck. I have downloaded and referenced the objectarx 2015 files, but I am not able to successfully launch Acad when debugging. Searching for answers on the internet yields results using older versions of both AutoCAD and VB express; do I need to use older versions as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Greetings from a few hours North. By VB 2013 Express, did you mean VS Community version? There hasn't been a standalone VB Express version since +/- 2010. I use VS 2013 (full version; thank you BizSpark!), to develop for AutoCAD 2012-2016+Alphas. Rather than manually configuring your Solution's Assembly References, remembering to set Copy Local == false, etc... Why not just use the AutoCAD .NET Wizard, which will automagically map the selected Acad.exe (and vertical?) to the StartupApplication XmlNode within .Proj for you? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kduck63 Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 Yes, I'm using VS Express 2013 and I am settings copy locals to "false". I did download a wizard from the Acad site, but it only installed a template in the C# section of VS; is there a template for visual basic? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Yes, I'm using VS Express 2013 and I am settings copy locals to "false". I did download a wizard from the Acad site, but it only installed a template in the C# section of VS; is there a template for visual basic? Well, you should learn C# anyway, as there are substantially more code samples, and fellow programmers that use C# over VB, for it's inherent shortcoming, difficulty with Extension Methods, etc. I too started with VB, quickly learned C#, and haven't looked back. That said, you may want to ensure that you've downloaded the newest Wizard, as I ran into a similar issue some time ago, which has since been fixed: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/net/autocad-2015-net-wizard/td-p/5169991 Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kduck63 Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 Thank you for the link and your thoughts regarding my issue; i might look into c# if i can't get vb up and running. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Thank you for the link and your thoughts regarding my issue; i might look into c# if i can't get vb up and running. Thanks again. You're welcome, kduck63; I'm happy to help. Also, this albeit old thread may be of use: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?69646-Where-to-start-with-.Net Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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