ObjectDBX - Registering AxDb16.dll

I am trying to register AxDb16.dll using RegSvr32.exe. I keep getting the message that the module cannot be found (I have it on my computer). I've tried with and without the .dll extension and with and without the path with the same results. Any ideas?

 

Starting with 2004, its no longer necessary to register it.

 

Thanks, Ed.
Here's where I am now. I wrote a simple routine to open a drawing in ObjectDBX and show a message box with the drawing name. The routine runs in Excel VBA.

Dim DbxDoc As AxDbDocument, FName
Set DbxDoc = GetInterfaceObject("ObjectDBX.AxDbDocument")
FName = "C:\HYDRO\CAD_Dwgs\Bull Shoals\SWPA\E1001.dwg"
Set DbxDoc = GetObject(FName)
MsgBox "File Name is " + DbxDoc.Name

The routine gets as far as the "Set" command and I get "Run Time error '-2147221005 (800401f3)': Problem in loading application". I have references set to:
Visual Basic for Applications
Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library
OLE Automation
Microsoft Forms 2.0 Object Library
Microsoft Office 9.0 Object Library
AutoCAD 2005 Type Library
AutoCAD/ObjectDBX Common 16.0 Type Library

With this information, can you see where my problem may lie?
Thanks,
Jim

 

Hi...

Private autocadApp As AcadApplication

In the event Load of UserForm:

Set autocadApp = GetObject(, "AutoCAD.Application.16.1")
Set DbxDoc = autocadApp.GetInterfaceObject("ObjectDBX.AxDbDocument.16")

 

Thanks for the suggestion. Here's my sticking point now. The routine starts, but when I get to the statement

Set DbxDoc = GetObject(FName)

it stops and I get a type mismatch error (see code in a previous reply).

 

You created an instance of AxDbDocument earlier in your code with the
call to GetInterfaceObject yet here you are trying to create another
instance without using GetInterfaceObject. That's not going to work.

I think you'll find that replacing this line with the following code
will yield the result you're looking for:

DbxDoc.Open FName

 

You're using GetObject. You need to use the AcadApplication's
GetInterfaceObject method to create the AxDbDocument.

 

Frank,
Thanks for the suggestion. I substituted the statement

DbxDoc.Open FName
for the statement
Set DbxDoc = GetObject(FName)

When the routine got to the new statement I got a Run Time Error - Method "Open" of object 'IAxDbDocument' failed.
What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks,
Jim

 

Is the path correct? Does the file exist? Is it open in an AutoCAD
session?

 

Tony,
Thank you for your help. I tried using the GetInterfaceObject method in place of the GetObject method and got another Run Time error - Problem in loading Application.
Any ideas.
Thanks,
Jim

 

Perhaps you should post your code again along with an explanation of
your goals.

 

ObjectDbx can't open a read-only dwg or a dwt. Any of those situations fit?

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Ed
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Perhaps you should post your code again along with an explanation of
your goals.

 

"Open" of object 'IAxDbDocument' failed.

I believe the .dwg extension in the filename is not optional.

OTOH, you're saying in one post that you can't create the object,
but if you got this far, then you must have.

Now, if you don't mind, this isn't a TV game show, where everyone
has to guess about exactly what the code you don't want to post is
doing (unless you're offering a prize?).

Post your code.


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Thanks to everybody for all the help and suggestions. I've been out of the office for over a week and apologize for the delay in posting replies.
Ed, the file I was attempting to open was indeed read-only. Many of the files I need to access are also read-only. I need to address this problem before pursing Object DBX any further.
Once again, thanks to everybody for all the help.
Jim

 

Assuming you're doing a 'read-only' operation, then you
can copy a read-only file to another filename, and then
open that instead.

read-only. I need to address this problem before pursing Object DBX any further.