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Drawing Compare
API
§Uses the Property Management system to gather and compare the properties of the objects
§Determines the properties to collect and compare using .NET reflection and XML files
§For your custom objects to participate, developers need to provide:
§.net wrapper for their custom objects,
§xml file that describes how you want to compare properties.
§Two command are available to help generate xml files:
§Report - generates the XML files for the managed dll of an object in an existing drawing
§ReportByAssembly - generates the XML files for a specified managed dll
§Custom property provider - if you would like to provide more than the default behavior, you can also do so.  (Advanced topic).
§Sprinkler OMF sample demonstrate .NET wrapper
§Whitepaper and the sample is available from ADN site
The ADN web site includes comprehensive documentation on this feature and its API.