Applications Programming Interface
Welcome
to our programming site. There's an
introduction to customizing Visual CADD using the API (Applications Programming
Interface), and then specific instructions for each language --and finally the
tutorials where you get a chance to get your hands dirty. We've also included a section discussing the
merits of a particular programming language, and a page of links to sites of
interest for the programmer.
The
examples were written in 1997 for version 4 of Microsoft Visual Basic and
Visual C++, but will work with later versions.
We've also recently posted brand new tutorials on API programming with
Delphi!
Our
hope is that you'll share your programming experience with others, so that we
all can learn how to make Visual CADD work in exactly the way we each
need. Send tips, code, and anything
else via e-mail, and it'll be posted on the site.
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Introduction to the
Visual CADD API
- DLL
vs. EXE
- API
programming with Delphi!
- Visual C++
Questions
- Visual Basic
Questions
- Setup for
Visual Basic DLL's for API programming
- Setup
for VB EXE
- Setup for
Visual C++ DLL's for API programming
- How do you run
your Visual CADD API program?
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Tutorial 1 - DLL to Show, Hide or Toggle
Point Display
-Purpose of Example
and Overview
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Tutorial 2 - How to Pass Parameters to
DLLs
-Purpose of Example
and Overview
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Tutorial 3 - Parsing the Database and
Modifying Entities
-Purpose of Example
and Overview
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Tutorial 4 - Creating a User Tool and a
User Interface