Duane Brown

Archive for November 30, 2010

Microsoft Upgrades VBA to 64 Bit : ADN Migration Assistance Utility and Video

Source Material : Wikepedia , FAQ

link to followup post with vba download links for 2010 11 12 both 32 and 64 bit

After a decade of neglect, Microsoft has announced that VBA will at last be upgraded to 64 bits, as well as other improvements. This will break compatibility in some cases, such as calls to the 32 bit Windows API, though this is trivial to fix. 

NOTE: The following video was made before this was available.

DevTV: AutoCAD VBA to VB.NET Migration Basics
To assist in migrating your AutoCAD VBA code to VB.NET, the Autodesk Developer Network team has created a simple migration assistance utility and accompanying video:

English: view | download (44.7 MB)