Hello all.
I am greener than green when it comes to programming but I need to start investigating and understanding an issue I have.
Way back in 2012 I worked with a programmer to design and implement an AutoCAD add-on to create an add-on program for AutoCAD to measure and tabulate reinforcement tonnages. At the time we had the choice of which version of CAD to use and I chose accordingly. I was advised at the time the program is not future proof and that changes with Microsoft and Autodesk may mean that the add-on would not work on future releases.
Now our office is upgrading to AutoCAD 2017 and I would like the add-on to be upgraded so it will work. This part of my company uses only AutoCAD (No Revit) so we must stick with old faithful.
Back to my original statement that I do not know much about programing so I am after a bit of guidance on what we can do.
The add-on program uses a series of VB files which were somehow then turned into a DLL file which we use the command netload to initialise. Now I do understand there is NET Framework to contend with but.....
What would be the process of getting this program to work on AutoCAD 2017 and how different is the code to make it happen?
I appreciate any help I can get