Create custom interface objects WITHOUT LISP!
When it is possible to create a dialog window, even dockable (!) in BricsCad using WHATEVER API , but not whit the only and most (L)imited (I)ntraface (S)olution (P)rogram? No offence, LIPS is ok, but not for kind of problems.
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If you haven't used VBA, it has a wonderful ability to create a user interface. However, if you've looked at my recent postings, there is limited documentation for it.But, we were recently told that there are planst a new COM (the stuff VBA uses to interface with Intellicad) later this year. It will be more compatable with AutoCAD. This means existing AutoCAD VBA books can be used to learn the program.JoeDunfee
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I do not know that VBA offer some interface functions.. In fact in the BricsCad online help it is specified that there is no implementaton (yet) of any kind.. I you have some examples let me know, I am extremly interested in create some tree item structures in a dockable window.Ioan
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You may not have a version of BricsCad that has VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) installed. You need the pro version.Over the last month or so, I have been attempting to learn a programming language to write an application for BricsCad. I started with LISP, but ran into limitations. Still, I think LISP is the most widely used method for users to program BricsCad. Though, personally I've decided to switch to VBA.There have been several discussions about VBA recently (Mostly started by myself). If you will read over the discussions of the past month or so, you can see some recommendations for on-line tutorials, even if they are very brief.As I said before, the VBA interface is planned to be changed by BricsCad to make it compatable with AutoCAD. Then any AutoCAD book teaching about the language can be used for BricsCad. But, we will have to wait a while for this.Looking back to your original question. It may be that LISP is still your best choice. I've not used it for dialog boxes, but if you look up DCL (Dialog Command Language) in the help file, it may help you. I think this is a set of commands which allow LISP to generate the dialog boxes you are looking for.Joe Dunfee
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In version 7.0.0011, which is expected to be released very soon, it will be possible to create MFC dockable toolbars from inside an SDS application. More information about this topic can be found in the following knowledge base item:http://www.bricsys.com/common/knowledge/topic.jsp?id=185Luc De Batselier
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