Batch Plotting in Background

It's very beneficial because even with background printing, the user's
station slows down; doing some fancy text file manipulationn or db allows
tracking for billing purposes [if you're AEC].

A timer will run for a period of time you set then do what you want. When
the timer stops, have it call a sub to check for files, print, etc, restart
timer. As for intervals, it could be every 100th of a second. I'd set it
for 1 minute and adjust from there.

*IF* you have full vb, you'd split your app into two processig threads -
the timer/checker and the printing mechanism.

-- Mike
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Mike Tuersley
CADalyst's CAD Clinic
Rand IMAGINiT Technologies
___________________________
the trick is to realize that there is no spoon...

 

If you are using .net instead of a timer you could use the filesystemwatcher
to watch a directory with a file changed event

 

True - I use it for a creation event

-- Mike
___________________________
Mike Tuersley
CADalyst's CAD Clinic
Rand IMAGINiT Technologies
___________________________
the trick is to realize that there is no spoon...

 

Not sure it's mentioned before but:
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.

--
Best Regards, Jimmy Bergmark
CAD and Database Developer Manager at www.pharmadule-emtunga.com
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SmartPurger (Purges automatically) - www.jtbworld.com/?/smartpurger.htm
or download some freeware at www.jtbworld.com
More on AutoCAD 2005;
www.jtbworld.com/autocad2005.htm