Acad dialogs

Why is it that many of Autocads dialogs are avialable in AutoLisp, but
apparently none can be called via VB?
I'd like to gain access to the file open dialog, which in Lisp is simply
done by "getfiled" command.

 

Don't really know why they didn't add the ability to access the standard
acad dialogs. But you can still use them with vb, with a little creativity.
When I really want to use a standard acad dialog, I do the following:

1) I have a little generic lisp routine that is hard coded to load and run
another routine. (with arguments and always using the same name.)

2) I then have the vb program write a new lisp file that will call the
requested standard dialog with any needed arguments.

Any data that is needed to be returned to the vb program is done via a text
file that the newly written lisp routine will open and write to.

I hope I was able to explain it... 'cause I am dead tired right now and
having many, many brain cramps

Tim Badger