Functions for Handling Drawing Objects

(vlax-create-object “prog-id”)

Creates a new instance of an ActiveX object

(vlax-dump-objectobj)

Lists an object's methods and properties

(vlax-erased-pobj)

Determines whether an object was erased

(vlax-get-acad-object)

Retrieves the top-level AutoCAD application object for the current AutoCAD session

(vlax-get-object “prog-id”)

Returns a running instance of an ActiveX object

(vlax-get-or-create-object

“prog-id”)

Returns a running instance of an ActiveX object, if one exists, otherwise starts a new instance of the object

(vlax-import-type-library

:tlb-filename filename

[ :methods-prefix mprefix

:properties-prefix pprefix

:constants-prefix cprefix])

Imports information from a type library

(vlax-method-applicable-p

objmethod)

Determines whether an object supports a particular method

(vlax-object-released-pobj)

Determines whether an object has been released

(vlax-read-enabled-pobj)

Determines whether an object can be read

(vlax-release-objectobj)

Releases a drawing object

(vlax-typeinfo-available-pobj)

Determines whether type library information is present for the specified type of object

(vlax-write-enabled-pobj)

Determines whether an AutoCAD drawing object can be modified