.Import equivalent?

[dbroada]

I am slowly going through my VBA routines looking for an easy one to convert to .NET and I thought I had found one....

 

Public Sub DxfImport(myFile As String)
Dim P1(0 To 2) As Double
Dim myScale As Double
Dim myTest
If Right$(myFile, 4) <> ".dxf" Then myFile = myFile & ".dxf"
myTest = Dir$(myFile)
If myTest <> "" Then
   P1(0) = 0: P1(1) = 0: P1(2) = 0
   myScale = 1

   ThisDrawing.Import myFile, P1, myScale

   End If

End Sub

 

however I can't get past the ThisDrawing.Import line.

 

I have tried

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but as you can see, Import hasn't been found in the acDoc object.

 

Any ideas?

[Tyke]

Dave, have you seen this :

"DevTV: AutoCAD VBA to VB.NET Migration Basics.

To assist in migrating your AutoCAD VBA code to VB.NET, the Autodesk Developer Network team has created a simple migration assistance utility and accompanying video: "

at:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=770215

 

It would appear with Visual Studio 2010 (and the Express Edition) you can no longer import VB6 projects. But I need to research that a little further.

 

Jerry Winters also has a book "VB.NET Programming for AutoCAD Customization" which also deals with migrating VBA code to VB.Net.

[dbroada]

thanks Tyke, I will have a look at that link when this weeks tasks are complete!

 

have you seen that book? I might be able to get my boss to buy it for me but I would like to hear from somebody who has used it.

 

and on a totally different note, did you get my pm?

[Tyke]

Yup, I bought the book and its a good one, complete with CD with samples and also as a PDF-File, which is very useful.

 

If you want I can also dig out a few other references for you.

 

I did get the pm and will get down to answering it over the weekend.