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Using the Development Kit with Visual Studio 2022

Hi everyone, In the last couple of weeks we got several questions regarding Visual Studio 2022 and the API DevKit. If you try to use VS 2022 to build your AddOns, you have to keep in mind a few things. First, Archicad 25 and Archicad 26 is built with...

!Restored: Critical problem with Dll_test in latest SDK?

There appears to be a serious problem with the Dll_test example in the latest SDK 11 with the latest ArchiCAD 11: No matter what I do it gives an error "The file is an outdated Add-On that cannot be used with this ArchiCAD version" when I try to buil...

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Debug vs. Release version issue?

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has had the following issue: the Debug version of my add-on loads, but the Release version doesn't (the Release version compiles and links fine). thanks in advance, Chuck

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!Restored: Archicad: wall problem

I don't know, maybe i'm not completely skilled in Archicad, but I often have a problem with walls. I mean, it is difficult to create a wall with not perpendicular frontal sides (for example a vertical triangle). I know that it is possible to make in ...

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Hyperlink for ArchiCAD objects?

I can't find a hyperlink property for ArchiCAD objects (other CAD applications like AutoCAD, Revit, Triforma, etc. have them). Does such a thing exist in ArchiCAD? thanks in advance, Chuck

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Problem about GS::uchar_t

I try to use API Dev 11 to develop my Add-on. And I found that GSRoot Document (come with API Dev 11) is out-of-date. I can not find any method (fuction) to work with GS::uchar_t ( such as GS::ucscpy ...). So I must try some code in an example. I can...

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How do I change the group of an element?

Hi. I'm developing an Archicad add-on that is supposed to automatically change values and coordinates in a plan. At a certain point I have to change data inside a text object which is member of a group. Since the content field can't be changed while ...

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CreateDialog() fails (Win32 dialog creation function)

Instead of creating a User Control, for various reasons, I want to launch a modeless dialog box using CreateDialog(). I've created a dialog (IDD_FORMVIEW) in the resource file (note that there is an *.rc2 file, but when you create a dialog, an *.rc f...

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element mouseover attributes

Is there some way to programmatically get the attributes of an element that are shown in the tooltip when mousing over the element? For example, if I mouseover an armchair that I just inserted, the tooltip reads: Object Name: Armchair 01 10 Base Elev...

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