Drive AutoCAD and ARX from C++ app

By Adam Nagy

Just like in case of a .NET application, in a C++ application as well you'll need to handle certain COM messages like 0x80010001 (RPC_E_CALL_REJECTED) in order to keep things running:
Handling COM calls rejected by AutoCAD from an external .NET application

You also need to take care of making sure your add-in will be allowed to load otherwise a security dialog will pop up:
AutoCAD 2016: Trusted paths and AutoLoader

For testing purposes, the easiest thing might be to add the path of your arx/dll to the trusted paths in the Options dialog: Options >> Files >> Trusted Locations

The rest should be relatively straight-forward.

Here is a sample app that demonstrates this. It includes and exe and an ARX project. In the exe you just have to modify the path of the arx and dwg files which are being used by the sample:
https://github.com/adamenagy/AutoCAD-CppExeAndARX