I guess vba is dead in acad 2010

[AWHITE40]

from this website :http://www.jtbworld.com/autocad2010.htm

Removed form acutocad 2010.
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications software (VBA) is no longer installed with AutoCAD. For more information and free download visit: http://www.autodesk.com/vba-download Microsoft has stopped supporting VBA for some time now & it's not ported to 64-bit.

This dialog box will show if VBA is not installed.


The sample files are now available online and are no longer included on the AutoCAD DVD. You can access the sample files at the following URL:
http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-samples


Tried the above site, but it did not work.
ANY COMENTS??


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[Jeff_M]

The link will not work until 2010 ships....

Some more info: LINK

[Coolmo]

Is dot net easy to write code in as opposed to VBA? Is it visual like VBA (buttons, images, etc.)? The real question is can I somehow transfer my billions of VBA programs over to it without having to completely rewrite everything?

[Jeff_M]

That's a loaded question there Coolmo.
"easy...as opposed to VBA" this sort of implies that VBA is hard. VB.NET is very similar to VBA. The forms are far superior in .NET vs VBA The speed at which .NET code operates is much faster than the same VBA code.

No, you won't be able to transfer everything over from VBA. You may be able re-use some of the code, but you will likely only use your existing code as a guide. Forms cannot be re-used at all.

If you could get your hands on some Civil3D Sample code, you could compare the 2 versions. C3D ships with working versions of some of it's programs in both VBA & VB.NET so you can see how similar, yet how different, they are.

Having said that, I have found it enjoyable (for the most part) learning the .NET languages. I've used both VB.NET & C#, with C# being the one I chose to use for myself. However, I am far from an expert in this arena....

[RobertB]

The title of your thread is misleading. AutoCAD 2010 will still support VBA, but not out of the box. The seperate installer will need to be executed to install VBA for 2010.

[Coolmo]

"easy...as opposed to VBA"

Yeah, I guess I just meant when comparing the two is .NET harder than VBA.

What do you write .NET code in? Is there an out of the box editor like the Visual Basic (.DVB) editor that comes with all the forms, check boxes, images, etc. that is accessed through AutoCAD?

[Ed Jobe]

"easy...as opposed to VBA"

Yeah, I guess I just meant when comparing the two is .NET harder than VBA.

What do you write .NET code in? Is there an out of the box editor like the Visual Basic (.DVB) editor that comes with all the forms, check boxes, images, etc. that is accessed through AutoCAD?

The IDE is Visual Studio, and hopefully for 2011 VSTA (VS Tools for Applicaions), the replacement for vba. The VB lang is the same. What makes .Net "harder" is the new object model. This includes the .NET framework as well as the acad om. As far as controls go, there are a lot more, and more powerful too.

[Coolmo]

So you write the program outside of AutoCAD and then load it up to run? We have Visual Basic 6 here at the office. Can I possibly write it in that?

[Ed Jobe]

So you write the program outside of AutoCAD and then load it up to run? We have Visual Basic 6 here at the office. Can I possibly write it in that?

Nope, the compiler is different. btw, you write vba outside of acad too. The 'I' in IDE stands for Integrated. VS and VSTA have the same relationship that VB and VBA have.

[Jeff_M]

So you write the program outside of AutoCAD and then load it up to run? We have Visual Basic 6 here at the office. Can I possibly write it in that?

In addition to what Ed has said, the Visual Studio Express Editions (Free from MS) work just fine for most development work. http://www.microsoft.com/Express/

Good Luck and have fun!