Fred Wilson
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Where do third party apps hook into AutoCAD?
I have several loaded and have noticed a couple of things.
1. On the textscreen, they are the first thing loaded.
2. If I create a new profile, and try to remove them, they always come back.
If I search my hard drive for any files that have their name in them, I don't find any of the normal customization files. I have search through the registry, and it may be in there, but I haven't found where they would load from there.
I am trying to get a totally unadulterated Profile from which to work with. But no matter what I try, these apps (which I do want to keep on the machine for other profiles) keep loading.
Examples include: ManuSoft's SuperPurge (which I have noticed has a hook into the S::Startup function, but something has to load for it to get there), DosLib (once the ARX is loaded), and several other ARX files, that once loaded on a machine, don't want to unload themselves. SuperPurge is the only one to hook into the S::STARTUP function.
Also, how do they become "unloadable"? The appload command will show a bunch of stuff grayed out and some of these are third party apps that are grayed out and can't be unloaded. But, I say, if they got in there, somehow they can come out. I just don't know how yet.
Oh, and while I am asking a bunch of questions, what does this section of an
ARG file mean:
<snip>
__BEGIN_FIXED_PROFILE_STORAGE_R16__
<Profile><StorageRoot><AcApData><AdUiTools><ToolsInfo><Tool CLSID="{D5CF410D- etc.
<snip>
I am assuming this is some of that XML stuff. Where does this get stored when you import a profile? A search of my registry for one of the CLSIDs turned up nothing.
Thanks for any bones you can throw this way and FYI I am using R16
-Fred.
I have several loaded and have noticed a couple of things.
1. On the textscreen, they are the first thing loaded.
2. If I create a new profile, and try to remove them, they always come back.
If I search my hard drive for any files that have their name in them, I don't find any of the normal customization files. I have search through the registry, and it may be in there, but I haven't found where they would load from there.
I am trying to get a totally unadulterated Profile from which to work with. But no matter what I try, these apps (which I do want to keep on the machine for other profiles) keep loading.
Examples include: ManuSoft's SuperPurge (which I have noticed has a hook into the S::Startup function, but something has to load for it to get there), DosLib (once the ARX is loaded), and several other ARX files, that once loaded on a machine, don't want to unload themselves. SuperPurge is the only one to hook into the S::STARTUP function.
Also, how do they become "unloadable"? The appload command will show a bunch of stuff grayed out and some of these are third party apps that are grayed out and can't be unloaded. But, I say, if they got in there, somehow they can come out. I just don't know how yet.
Oh, and while I am asking a bunch of questions, what does this section of an
ARG file mean:
<snip>
__BEGIN_FIXED_PROFILE_STORAGE_R16__
<Profile><StorageRoot><AcApData><AdUiTools><ToolsInfo><Tool CLSID="{D5CF410D- etc.
<snip>
I am assuming this is some of that XML stuff. Where does this get stored when you import a profile? A search of my registry for one of the CLSIDs turned up nothing.
Thanks for any bones you can throw this way and FYI I am using R16
-Fred.
