Can I open an Autocad 14 drawing from Access?

[Guest_imported]

I have a table that contains the names of drawings that were created using Autocad 14. I want to be able to select the drawing name via a combo box and, using RunApp, execute Autocad and open the drawing. Also, If anyone out there happens to know the command-line syntax for opening an Autocad drawing, please provide an example.

 

[MichaelRed]

it has been QUITE a while, so it has probably changed. was:

ACAD /dwg: YourDrawing

You should be able to get this from ACAD help.

MichaelRed
mred@att.net

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[Francescina]

I suppose that you will find the correct syntax in the AUTOCAD documentation. When I created an application for an architect recently I used the Autocad wizard (Powerup page on

http://www.unsoftwareag.com)

to completely integrate the AUTOCAD files into the ACCESS table structure and to avoid the bloating.
With this add-on you just click a button (or any other object)and it opens (it works with Full AutoCAD as well as with the viewers such as Voloviewer, Myriad...).