Accessing object properties in an AutoCAD .NET application

This post takes the sample code shown in the last entry, converts it to VB.NET and adds in some code to access specific entity properties rather than simply calling list(). I won't step through the code this time, but here's the section of code that gets and dumps out the various entity properties: Dim ent As Entity = CType(tr.GetObject(objId, OpenMode.ForRead), Entity) ' This time access the properties directly ed.WriteMessage(vbLf + "Type: " + ent.GetType().ToString) ed.WriteMessage(vbLf + " Handle: " + ent.Handle().ToString) ed.WriteMessage(vbLf + " Layer: " + ent.Layer().ToString) ed.WriteMessage(vbLf + " Linetype: " + ent.Linetype().ToString) ed.WriteMessage(vbLf + " Lineweight:... Read more →