API Sample - VBA

This sample will create 2 different files of the current layout. The first one will be named after the drawing and will use the AcroPlot Jr. defaults. The second one will be in Monochrome, 11x17, Scaled-To-Fit and will be named after the drawing and Tabloid-Monochrome.

Sample VB/VBA Application Using the AcroPlotJ Methods

Sub TestCurrentLayout()

On Error Resume Next

Dim oAcroPlotApp As Object

Dim oAcadApp As AcadApplication

Dim sSettingName As String

Dim sOutputFile As String

'First try to get the AcroPlot Application Interface

'We'll use late binding to make it easier

Set oAcroPlotApp = CreateObject("AcroPlot.AcroPlotApplication")

If oAcroPlotApp Is Nothing Then

MsgBox "Unable to get the AcroPlot Application Interface"

Exit Sub

End If

'Get the current AutoCAD.Application Object

Set oAcadApp = ThisDrawing.Application

'Set the Settings Name use "AcroPlotJunior." for the last used settings in AcroPlot Jr.

sSettingName = "AcroPlotJunior"

'Set the output filename equal to the drawing name .pdf

sOutputFile = ThisDrawing.FullName

sOutputFile = Strings.Left$(sOutputFile, Len(sOutputFile) - 4) & ".pdf"

'Now we should set the Undo mark because if the layout was set to a printer that does

'not exist we cannot restore that due to AutoCAD limitations. But the Undo can.

ThisDrawing.StartUndoMark

'Now let convert the current layout

oAcroPlotApp.Init

'***************VERY IMPORTANT***************

'Provide the AcroPlot Auto unlock code here so the filename dialog does not popup.

'Other users will have the filename dialog popup per our standard licensing for the AcroPlot Suite, and will need to select the “Save As” button for each file created.

'***************VERY IMPORTANT***************

oAcroPlotApp.UnlockAPI "YOUR_REGISTRATION_CODE_FOR_ACROPLOT_AUTO"

oAcroPlotApp.RestoreSettings sSettingName

oAcroPlotApp.SetOutputFilename sOutputFile

oAcroPlotApp.AcroPlotJCurrent oAcadApp

'Now let's change the papersize to tablod, monochrome, and scaled to fit

sOutputFile = ThisDrawing.FullName

sOutputFile = Strings.Left$(sOutputFile, Len(sOutputFile) - 4) & "-Tabloid-Monochrome" & ".pdf"

oAcroPlotApp.SetOutputFilename sOutputFile

oAcroPlotApp.SetSetting "DwgPaperSize", 3

oAcroPlotApp.SetSetting "Grayscale", 1

oAcroPlotApp.SetSetting "PlotScale", 0

Err.Clear

oAcroPlotApp.AcroPlotJCurrent oAcadApp

'Release the AcroPlot Application

oAcroPlotApp.Quit

Set oAcroPlotApp = Nothing

'Now let's undo the changes

ThisDrawing.EndUndoMark

ThisDrawing.SendCommand "_u "

End Sub

Sample VB/VBA Application Using the Convert Method

To create or convert files using the command line mode API or ActiveX automation mode interface, it is required to purchase a license of AcroPlot Auto for each server running the process. If there will be additional PC's running AcroPlot Suite licenses or any of its components, then it is also required to purchase the number licenses needed in addition to the AcroPlot Auto server license.

Private Sub ConvertFile(ByVal sInputFile As String, ByVal sOutputFile As String, ByVal sSettingName As String)

On Error Resume Next

Dim oAcadObject As Object

Dim oAcroPlotApp As Object

Dim sFilesCreated As String

Dim bResults As Boolean

Dim lWait As Long

Dim lFilesOpened As Long

Dim lLoop As Long

Dim sConversionFinished As String

Set oAcroPlotApp = CreateObject("AcroPlot.AcroPlotApplication")

If oAcroPlotApp Is Nothing Then

MsgBox "Unable to get the AcroPlot Application Interface"

Exit Sub

End If

oAcroPlotApp.RestoreSettings sSettingName

'Now maybe we want to override the settings and make the output grayscale

oAcroPlotApp.SetSetting "Grayscale", 1

'Since we do not want to append to the end of the existing file we should delete it first if it exists. There should of coarse be some error checking here.

Kill sOutputFile

'Lets use our own internal converter for this first one.

oAcroPlotApp.SetSetting "UseInternalViewerForPlotting", -1

'Now we want to do the conversion modal so it will not return control to our application until it finishes.

Call oAcroPlotApp.Convert(sInputFile, sOutputFile, True, 0, False)

sFilesCreated = oAcroPlotApp.GetFilesCreatedAsString

'For the next ones let's use AutoCAD for the conversion.

oAcroPlotApp.SetSetting "UseInternalViewerForPlotting", 0

'Now let's say we want to test running it 200 times and having it close AutoCAD after 100 files

'We will also do this conversion modeless so we would need to have a loop to wait and check every second if the conversion is finished.

For lLoop = 0 to 199

'Since we do not want to append to the end of the existing file we should delete it first if it exists. There should of coarse be some error checking here.

Kill sOutputFile

Call oAcroPlotApp.Convert(sInputFile,sOutputFile, False, 0, False)

'Here now we want to wait until we write a value other than 0 to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CADzation\ACROPLOT\API.ConversionFinished

'The ReadRegVal would be a wrapped function in VB or VBA to read a registry value

For lWait = 0 to 300

Sleep 1000 'Windows API function to wait specified number of milliseconds

sConversionFinished = ReadRegVal(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\CADzation\ACROPLOT", "API.ConversionFinished")

If sConversionFinished = "1" then

'Created the output file

Exit For

Else if sConversionFinished = "-1"

'Failed to create the output file

Exit For

End if

lFilesOpened = lFilesOpened + 1

Else

lFilesOpened = 0

oAcroPlotApp.EndAutoCAD

End if

oAcroPlotApp.Quit

Set oAcroPlotApp = Nothing

End Sub