Help: VBA project open/locked when run
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Kevin_Van
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Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:46 pm    Post subject: Help: VBA project open/locked when run Reply with quote
A person in the office created a VBA project that is our shared menu interface to the office blocks library & layer tools. It gets launched by a lisp from a toolbar. The problem is when the first person initiates the menu, that person has it open (locked) & it can't be edited until they exit AutoCAD. Is there anyway it can launched & run but not opened/locked?

If this helps, the following is the lisp that first runs the VBA project:
(defun c:URSCL()
(setq OLDCMD (getvar "CMDECHO"))
(setvar "CMDECHO" 0)
(command "-vbarun" "G:/CAD-UTILS/VBA/CAD LIBRARY/URSCL.dvb!URSCL.StartMe")
(setvar "CMDECHO" OLDCMD)
(princ)
)

Thanks for any & all help.

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Chris Shoemaker
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Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:51 pm    Post subject: Re: VBA project open/locked when run Reply with quote
Good question. What i've been doing as a workaround is maintaining a
seperate "development" copy of the project, and then overwriting the
"working" copy when I can (afterhours, etc).

-Chris

"Kevin_Van" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
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Quote:
A person in the office created a VBA project that is our shared menu
interface to the office blocks library & layer tools. It gets launched by a

lisp from a toolbar. The problem is when the first person initiates the
menu, that person has it open (locked) & it can't be edited until they exit
AutoCAD. Is there anyway it can launched & run but not opened/locked?
Quote:

If this helps, the following is the lisp that first runs the VBA project:
(defun c:URSCL()
(setq OLDCMD (getvar "CMDECHO"))
(setvar "CMDECHO" 0)
(command "-vbarun" "G:/CAD-UTILS/VBA/CAD
LIBRARY/URSCL.dvb!URSCL.StartMe")
(setvar "CMDECHO" OLDCMD)
(princ)
)

Thanks for any & all help.
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TomD
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Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:57 pm    Post subject: Re: VBA project open/locked when run Reply with quote
They way I understand it, you have to be sure unload the DVB after running
the routine(s).

"Kevin_Van" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
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Quote:
A person in the office created a VBA project that is our shared menu
interface to the office blocks library & layer tools. It gets launched by a
lisp from a toolbar. The problem is when the first person initiates the
menu, that person has it open (locked) & it can't be edited until they exit
AutoCAD. Is there anyway it can launched & run but not opened/locked?

If this helps, the following is the lisp that first runs the VBA project:
(defun c:URSCL()
(setq OLDCMD (getvar "CMDECHO"))
(setvar "CMDECHO" 0)
(command "-vbarun" "G:/CAD-UTILS/VBA/CAD
LIBRARY/URSCL.dvb!URSCL.StartMe")
(setvar "CMDECHO" OLDCMD)
(princ)
)

Thanks for any & all help.


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Laurie Comerford
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:08 am    Post subject: Re: VBA project open/locked when run Reply with quote
Hi,

If you have developed a routine to the extent that you have deployed it to
the office, surely it should not need editing on a regular basis.

Make a copy for editing, and deploy "out of hours".

--


Laurie Comerford
CADApps
www.cadapps.com.au

"Kevin_Van" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
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Quote:
A person in the office created a VBA project that is our shared menu
interface to the office blocks library & layer tools. It gets launched by a

lisp from a toolbar. The problem is when the first person initiates the
menu, that person has it open (locked) & it can't be edited until they exit
AutoCAD. Is there anyway it can launched & run but not opened/locked?
Quote:

If this helps, the following is the lisp that first runs the VBA project:
(defun c:URSCL()
(setq OLDCMD (getvar "CMDECHO"))
(setvar "CMDECHO" 0)
(command "-vbarun" "G:/CAD-UTILS/VBA/CAD
LIBRARY/URSCL.dvb!URSCL.StartMe")
(setvar "CMDECHO" OLDCMD)
(princ)
)

Thanks for any & all help.
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Kevin_Van
Guest
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:24 am    Post subject: Re: VBA project open/locked when run Reply with quote
Thanks for all the replies.
You're right - it's no big deal to live with. We have been doing the same workaround of keeping a master and deploying changes afterhours when warranted. I just thought there might be some command/process we don't know about to free it up after use.
Thanks again for the help.
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