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Dynamically load commands at AutoCAD start

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08-25-2010 06:33 AM

Right now I have some explicitly defined commands in C# code like such:



public static void SomeCommand()



There used to be a large number of AutoCAD scripts that frequently change.  Each script was tied to a command using AutoLISP.  Now I have all of the script information stored in a sql database.  Included in the database information for each script is the old command name.  I need a way using C# to register these commands when I NETLOAD my dll.  Is this or a similar method possible? 


I already have two possible solutions but they are not preferred.


1.  Create one explicitly defined command which takes the old command as a parameter.  This option is probably not possible because the users are used to the command names and would prefer not to have to type more. 


2.  Create a code generator to explicitly define the commands.  The code generator would defeat the purpose of having a database because you would have to recompile whenever a new command is added, one is deleted, etc.

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Re: Dynamically load commands at AutoCAD start

08-26-2010 04:26 AM in reply to: skeletank

The undocumented AddCommand() method of the

Autodesk.AutoCAD.Internal.Utils class will do it.

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