Archicad C++ API
About Archicad add-on development using the C++ API.

Different file formats

Anonymous
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Hi there,
Could anyone please shortly explain to me what is the difference and meaning of each one of the following formats?

apx
grc

and another issue...
How can I "install" the examples in the dev kit?

thx
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Karl Ottenstein
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As with your earlier questions, the answers are all in the doc files. Frankly if just exploring an example folder is not enough to see what a GRC resource file is or that apx is an add-on, you may not have the level if curiosity required to do API work as often detective skills beyond such obvious things are required.
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Anonymous
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Thx.
I started reading and exploring those docs and some other threads in this forum, and suddenly found a "step by step" tutorial:
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=3052&highlight=
Then I started following the instructions, and when I got to these lines, I lost it:
In Visual Studio 6.0 you can create a new ArchiCAD Add-on with the provided wizard. Select the API DevKit folder and (optionally) add support for dialogs & input/output. We won't need them for "Hello World".
I didnt really understand what this order means, and how can I open a new ac add-one file in Visual studio.

Thanks.