How to open a drawing from Windows Application?

[CornDawgPower]

How can I get my app to open AutoCAD and then open the file that i have selected?

Imports System
Imports System.IO

Public Class Form1

Dim PathAcad As String = "C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2010\acad.exe"
Dim DwgFile As String

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

End Sub

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
OpenFileDialog1.Filter = "Drawing File(*.dwg)|*.dwg"
OpenFileDialog1.FileName = ""
OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog()
DwgFile = OpenFileDialog1.FileName
If IO.File.Exists(PathAcad) = True Then
Dim p As New Diagnostics.Process
p.StartInfo.FileName = PathAcad
p.Start()
End If

End Sub

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
Me.Close()
End Sub
End Class


Thanks for any help!

[fixo]

Welcome on board
Try attached code, it's very basic though -
this will open a drawing by name and draw the circle
in the model space, then it will save a drawing and nothing else
Hope this will to get you started

[CornDawgPower]

Thanks

Corn

[fixo]

You're welcome
But what is your goal?
Cheers

[CornDawgPower]

The Goal is to open a drawing or drawings and import a block or text and close drawing(s) and make read only.

So when the next person open the drawing they will know not to make any changes.

Thanks again.

[BlackBox]

Just curious, but isn't there a way (from a Windows app) to send the "Target" string from an AutoCAD application icon via Shell, using some startup switches?

For example:

"drive:pathname\acad.exe" ["drawing name"] [/switch "name"]

More on Startup Switches.

[fixo]

Umm .. a lot of work, as well as it is needs after
to set file attribute to read-only using FileInfo namespace
Can you be more specfic?
What is the block (from other drawing, attributed or not) &etc
better yet step-by-step for my dim brain
Ok, then I will try but I don't guarantee
Attached is a quick exe, this will insert source drawing as block
into the target drawing and make it read-only after