Customizing the AutoCAD link property synchronization

You can customize the Meridian Enterprise AutoCAD link with Visual Basic to modify its behavior. Some examples of why you might customize it are:

• Memo data type properties; for example, comments that might need reformatting into multiple lines for placement on a drawing
• Date fields that might need a different representation
• Text that should be reformatted

The Meridian Enterprise AutoCAD link allows for these types of customization via a callback. The callback named IAMAcadLinkCallback has the following functions:

• OnPutField
• OnLoadReference
• OnEditReference
• OnCreateReferenceLink

To enable or disable the callback, enable or disable the line below on the AutoCAD tab of the Application Link Settings branch in Meridian Enterprise Configurator.

AcadCallback=<MyVBProject.MyClass>

MyVBProject.MyClass is the name (ProgID) of the class implementing the IAMAcadLinkCallback interface.

Related information

OnPutField function

OnLoadReference function

OnEditReference function

OnCreateReferenceLink function