Automate Publish command in 2004

Is there a way to automate the new Publish command using VBA? I would like
to create dwf's from an AutoCAD 2004 drawing so that all of the layouts in
the drawing are in one dwf file. The new dwf file format allows more than
one page in the file. The publish command is able to do this, but I have not
found a way to automate it through VBA. Any ideas?

Jon

 

The -PUBLISH command and a presaved Drawing Set Description (DSD) file can
run in a script, enabling publishing and plotting of large drawing sets
without user interaction.

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Best Regards, Jimmy B
CAD and Database Developer Manager at www.pharmadule-emtunga.com
Take a look at the trial version of SmartPurger (now for AutoCAD 2004) or
download some freeware at www.jtbworld.com
More on AutoCAD 2004;
www.jtbworld.com/autocad2004.htm
www.jtbworld.com/autocad2004tips.htm

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Thanks, I have been trying to use this since you mentioned it. However,
whenever I issue this command from VB, I get an "Unhandled Access Violation"
in AutoCAD. Here is what the command looks like:
doc.SendCommand "-PUBLISH" & vbCr & "temp.dsd" & vbCr

If I run the VB program and set a break point right before this command, and
then type it in to AutoCAD manually, it works. But if I let it run, I get
the violation.

 

This is how you can use it:

(initdia)
(command "-PUBLISH" "c:\\temp\\temp.dsd")

Don't know if it will help. If you still get crashes try to use SendKeys or
SendMessage(Handle, WM_CHAR, lChar, 0) instead.

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Best Regards, Jimmy B
CAD and Database Developer Manager at www.pharmadule-emtunga.com
Take a look at the trial version of SmartPurger (now for AutoCAD 2004) or
download some freeware at www.jtbworld.com
More on AutoCAD 2004;
www.jtbworld.com/autocad2004.htm
www.jtbworld.com/autocad2004tips.htm