acPreview

Hi all

How to show a preview with vba giving the name and path of the drawing I
want to reach...???

I referenced the acpreview in vba, put it in my userform, but don't know how
to refresh the view with the thumbnail....


Thanks a lot in advance.

Gilles

 

I'm going by memory which in my case is really bad
I think it has a property you just set to the file name
acPreview.Preview = sFilename
but you'll have to look it up to be sure, sorry i don't have time right now
to research it.

 

Thanks a lot Mark

I get connection with the drawing but shows me "no drawing preview"...
Looking for the solution


Thanks again


Gilles

 

I found this in a previous post, but don't know how to declare the
frmImageView variable...???

Sub View()
frmImageView.AcPreview1.Preview = "x:\ELEC\Blocks\Bolt.dwg"
frmImageView.Show
End Sub


Gilles

 

The dwg may not have a preview saved with it. This will be the case if, 1)
the dwg is pre-R14, 2) RASTERPREVIEW is set to 0, or 3) the dwg was saved
with ObjectDbx.

 

1 The DWG has a preview saved with it because I see it in the traditional
window of Autocad (2004 version)
2 RASTERPREVIEW is set to 1
3 What is object Dbx???


Thanks

Gilles

 

ObjectDbx is an api that allows you to edit a dwg without opening it in the
acad graphics editor, iow, "in-the-background". Do a search of this ng for
more info on how to use it and its limitations.

 

That not a variable, just what they named the control that was placed on
their form. Did you place the control on your form?
frmImageView is a variable pointing to the form, and AcPreview1 is the
control's name. If the sub is in the forms class module (for example, in a
button's OnClick event), you can just use AcPreview1.Preview or
Me.AcPreview1.Preview.