run external executable file in autocad wit command startapp

[hemanthaklp989325]

I Need advice on how to run external executable file (creat from c++) in autocad with command startapp

[Ed Jobe]

By "executable", I assume you mean *.exe. You can't run code from another thread inside the same process as autocad. The c++ code must be compiled as an ObjectArx dll. Then you can load it with the lisp (arxload) function.

[Tom Beauford]

You could shell out to an executable:

 (command "sh" "C:\\Program Files\\Autodesk Map 5\\Vlisp\\Tableprint8.exe")

I start a few of them in my CUI that way.

[dgorsman]

By "executable", I assume you mean *.exe. You can't run code from another thread inside the same process as autocad. The c++ code must be compiled as an ObjectArx dll. Then you can load it with the lisp (arxload) function.

Huh? I run a few EXE's with (startapp...) calls, I just don't expect them to return anything. Syntax is important, including wrapping double-quotes to handle spaces in the path name.

[irneb]

Yep, and even if it's an EXE it might be registered as an ActiveX object. Thus you can link to it using vlax-get-or-create-object. Like lots do with Excel.