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| Foreword | |
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| A Word From Thomson Learning | |
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| A Word From Autodesk, Inc. | |
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| The Initial Idea | |
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| Topics For The Programmer Series | |
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| Who Reads Programming Books? | |
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| Thirst, Theme, and Variation | |
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| A Word From Bill Kramer | |
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| Preface | |
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| Who Should Read This Book? | |
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| Conventions Used In The Book | |
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| What's Not Covered And Why | |
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| What You Need For This Book | |
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| What's On The CD | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Programming Autocad Using Visual Lisp, VBA OR Objectarx 2000, Which One? | |
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| AutoLISP/Visual LISP | |
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| Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) | |
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| ADS | |
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| ObjectARX | |
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| Which Version of Visual C++? | |
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| Why Should You Learn MFC? | |
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| Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL) | |
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| ARX Entry Point--Acrxentrypoint() | |
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| Creating Your First Objectarx Application | |
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| Creating the DLL | |
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| Inserting files into the Visual C++ project | |
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| Changing Project Settings | |
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| Running the Hello1 ARX Application | |
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| Elements of the ARX Hello1 Application | |
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| Creating an ARX Application With A Custom Class | |
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| Creating an application with a class derived from AcRxObject | |
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| Running the Hello2 ObjectARX application | |
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| Elements of the ARX Hello2 application | |
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| ObjectARX 2000 Wizard | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Objectarx Environment and Book Overview | |
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| ObjectARX Libraries | |
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| Acrx Library | |
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| Aced Library | |
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| Acdb Library | |
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| Acgi Library | |
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| Acge Library | |
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| Adsrx Library (Formerly ADS) | |
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| Overview of the Upcoming Chapters | |
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| Essential ADSRX (ADS) | |
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| Understanding AutoCAD's Database and Entity Structure | |
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| ObjectARX's Geometry Classes | |
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| DCL (Dialog Control Language) Dialogs | |
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| MFC Dialogs and ObjectARX's UI Extension | |
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| Custom Classes, Entities, and ObjectDBX | |
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| Transactions, Reactors, and Notifications | |
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| Read This | |
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| Essential ADSRS (ADS) | |
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| History of ADS | |
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| Variables, Types, and Values Defined in ADS | |
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| Real Numbers | |
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| Points | |
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| Transformation Matrices Type | |
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| Useful Values | |
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| Result Buffers and Type Codes | |
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| ADSRX Function Return Types | |
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| Autocad Commands In ADSRX | |
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| Sending Information Back to the User | |
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| Sample Application Ch3_1 | |
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| Elements of Sample Application Ch3_1 | |
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| Getting Information From The User | |
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| Selecting Entities in Autocad | |
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| Elements of Sample Application Ch3_1 Revisited | |
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| Selection Sets | |
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| Selection Set Filtering | |
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| Relational Selection Set Filtering | |
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| Conditional Selection Set Filtering | |
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| Extended Entity Data Selection Set Filtering | |
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| Transformation Matrices and Selection Sets | |
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| Manipulating Selection Sets | |
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| Data Type Conversion Functions | |
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| Sample Application Ch3_2 | |
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| Elements of Sample Application Ch3_2 | |
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| Sample Application Ch3_3 | |
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| Elements of Sample Application Ch3_3 | |
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| Understanding Autocad's Database and Entity Structure | |
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| Symbol Tables | |
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| Named Object Dictionary | |
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| Initial Database Objects | |
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| Entity Handles, Object IDS, and Multiple Databases | |
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| Creating Objects | |
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| Creating Objects With ObjectARX | |
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| Opening and Closing Objects | |
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| Adding A Group To A Group Dictionary | |
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| Autocad's Database Structure | |
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| Database Resident Objects | |
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| Common Return Codes | |
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| Symbol Table Functions | |
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| Symbol Table Query and Edit Functions | |
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| Sample Application Ch4_1 | |
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| Elements Of Sample Application Ch4_1 | |
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| Autocad's Entity Classes | |
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| AcDbEntity Query Functions | |
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| AcDbEntity Edit Functions | |
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| AcDbEntity Miscellaneous Functions | |
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| AcDbCurve Classes | |
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| AcDbLine | |
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| AcDbCircle | |
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| Sample Application Ch4_2 | |
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| Elements Of Sample Application Ch4_2 | |
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| Sample Application Ch4_3 | |
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| Elements of Sample Application Ch4_3 | |
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| Objectarx Collection Classes | |
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| Sample Application Ch4_4 | |
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| Autocad's Complex Entities | |
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| Sample Application Ch4_5 (Acdbpolyline) | |
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| Sample Application Ch4_6 Acdbblockreference | |
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| Sample Application Ch4_7 AcDbBlockReference, AcDbAttribute) | |
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| Sample Application Ch4_8 (Acdbblockreference, Acdbattribute) | |
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| Objectarx's Geometry Classes | |
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| AcGePoint2d | |
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| Matrix Operations | |
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| Acge 2D Entity Classes | |
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| AcGeEntity2d | |
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| AcGeCurve2d | |
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| AcGeLinearEnt2d | |
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| AcGeCircArc2d | |
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| AcGe 3D Entity Class Hierarchy | |
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| Sample Application Ch5_1 | |
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| A Final Word Beford We Move On | |
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| Dcl (Dialog Control Language) Dialogs | |
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| Dialog Box Components | |
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| Predefined Active Tiles | |
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| Attributes of Predefined Tiles | |
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| Layout and Sizing Attributes | |
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| Functional Attributes | |
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| The 'key' Attribute | |
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| Dcl Syntax | |
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| Sample Application Ch6_1 | |
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| Commonly Used Dialog Functions | |
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| Callback Functions | |
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| Sdi and Porting Considerations | |
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| Sample Application Ch6_2 | |
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| Hiding Dialog Boxes | |
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| Sample Application Ch6_3 | |
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| Nesting Dialog Boxes | |
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| Sample Application Ch6_4 | |
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| Mfc Dialogs and Objectarx's Ul Extensions | |
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| Project Settings | |
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| Resources | |
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| Modal Dialogs and Sample Application Ch7_1 | |
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| Modal Dialogs and Sample Application Ch7_2 | |
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| Modeless Dialogs and Sample Application Ch7_3 | |
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| Tabbed-Style Dialogs and Sample Application Ch7_4 | |
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| Wizard-Style Dialogs and Sample Application Ch7_5 | |
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| Common Controls and Sample Application Ch7_6 | |
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| Resource-Only Dlls and Sample Application Ch7_7 | |
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| Acknowledgement | |
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| Additional Sample Material | |
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| Custom Classes, Entities, and Objectdbx | |
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| Extended Entity Data and Sample Application Ch8 1 | |
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| Extension Dictionary and Sample Application Ch8 2 | |
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| Named Objects Dictionary and Sample Application Ch8_3 | |
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| Custom Class Derived From Acdbobject and Sample Application Ch8_4 | |
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| Objectdbx | |
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| Custom Entities Derived From Acdbentity and Sample Application Ch8_5 | |
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| Additional Sample Material | |
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| Transactions, Reactors, and Notifications | |
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| Transactions | |
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| Transactions and Sample Application Ch9_1UI | |
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| Reactors and Notifications | |
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| Transient Reactors/Notifications and Sample Application Ch9_2UI | |
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| Persistent Reactors/Notifications and Sample Application Ch9_3UI | |
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| Additional Sample Material | |
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| A Final Farewell | |
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| Index | |