Run VBA project from commadline

Hi,

I have a VBA application that is automatically loaded in Autocad within the acad2005.lsp file. I can then type the key would in the command line to lauch the application and run it.

(if (not (= (substr (ver) 1 11) "Visual LISP")) (load "acad2005doc.lsp"))

;; Silent load.
(princ)

(defun C:Run_Update()
(command"_-vbarun" "D:\\My_APPlication1\\MainProject.dvb!ShowMainForm")

(princ)
)

But now I have built another VBA application that I would like to auto load, and run in the same manner. So the user would type in Run_Update_new in the command line and it would start a different VBA applciation.

How do I can another app to do this? I tried the below code, which didn't work:

(if (not (= (substr (ver) 1 11) "Visual LISP")) (load "acad2005doc.lsp"))

;; Silent load.
(princ)

(defun C:Run_Update()
(command"_-vbarun" "D:\\My_APPlication1\\MainProject.dvb!ShowMainForm")

(defun C:Run_Update_new()
(command"_-vbarun" "D:\\My_APPlication2\\MainProject2.dvb!ShowMainForm2")

(princ)
)

Ultimately, i would like the to add a custom botton on the users machine so they would just push a button and not have to type anything in.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
kb

 

You can make a lisp file referencing your macros. The ones below call a dvb
file and the dvb file in turn, calls a classmodule in an ActiveX dll. Yours
could probably just call your rutine macro name in your dvb and it will run.
This lisp is loaded int he startup suite and is created on the fly with the
installer.

Hope it helps and have a good weekend.


;smd
(defun c:sd() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.start_demo"))
(princ)
(defun c:sset() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.show_settings")
)
(princ)
(defun c:vo() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.showonlyselecte
d"))
(princ)
(defun c:ho() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.hideselectedent
ities"))
(princ)
(defun c:ao() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.showallentities
"))
(princ)
(defun c:33() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.update"))
(princ)
(defun c:edxf() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.ExportDXF"))
(princ)
(defun c:edwg() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.ExportDWG"))
(princ)
(defun c:c2c() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.C2C"))
(princ)
(defun c:slx() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.ExplodeAssembly
"))
(princ)
(defun c:sm() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.Move"))
(princ)
(defun c:sco() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.Copy"))
(princ)
(defun c:sg() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.Group"))
(princ)
(defun c:slmat() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.Material"))
(princ)
(defun c:ATP() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.ATP"))
(princ)
(defun c:SLSEC() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.Section"))
(princ)
(defun c:SLV() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.MakeView"))
(princ)
(defun c:SLF() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.FreezeSections"
))
(princ)
(defun c:SLT() (command "-vbarun" "D:/Program
Files/SmartListerDemo/Support/SmartListerDemoMenu.dvb!mStart.UNFreezeSection
s"))
(princ)
;/smd
--
David Wishengrad
President & CTO
MillLister, Inc.
Software for BOM, measuring, stretching, feature recognition, and
controlling visibility of
multiple 3D solids.
Http://Construction3D.com