latest and greatest VBA for Autocad

[Dan@Handcraft]

Hi all,

I am looking for books that discuss VBA and AutoCAD. I took a peek at the stickeys, nothing there i could use. I went to amazon but the only books were for pre-2014 versions of autocad. does anyone know of VBA 7.1 books for Autocad, preferably for 2017?

[Ed Jobe]

I haven't looked, but I doubt it, as the VBA api hasn't changed. New development is focused on the .NET api.

[Dan@Handcraft]

so your saying that there are no 7.1 VBA books for autocad then? All I found was for 2006, nothing came even close to 2014. since 2013 uses VBA 6 (from what i have read) why are there no updates to the current version?

[Ed Jobe]

You might be able to find some changes from Microsoft regarding what's new in VBA 7.1, but the AutoCAD object model/api hasn't changed for years.

[dgorsman]

so your saying that there are no 7.1 VBA books for autocad then? All I found was for 2006, nothing came even close to 2014. since 2013 uses VBA 6 (from what i have read) why are there no updates to the current version?

I think what Ed's getting at is VBA is still VBA, so all you need is the CHM help file (still included with the install) with the AutoCAD ActiveX/COM documentation and you're good to go.

[BIG-AL]

I would go down the vlisp direction it now 5 Years + since Autodesk said VBA will not be supported. Kindle VLISP books I bought 4 for $8 each.