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                 anto1 
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                       Posted - October 25 2005 :  05:03:48 AM
                        
                        
                      
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                       Hello there, do you know a script to import text files (txt, xls) into a attribute text values? thanks | 
                     
                   
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                       Posted - October 25 2005 :  5:02:39 PM
                        
                        
                      
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                       Hi anto1,
  There isn't a script to do that, as normal scripts are totally dumb, i.e. AutoCAD simply follows EXACTLY what is in the script. (Hurricane scripts can contain tags, so are "semi-dumb" or "semi-smart" (depends how you look at it).  
  Currently, there isn't a scripting utility out there that can look at a text file and co-relate information in it, to insert into a defined block with many attributes.  There are just too many issues to make it straight forward.
  As a matter of fact, complete packages are written to do just that function, with many features that are beyond the scope of scripting.
  Please do a google search for "autocad and excel and attribute", and you will find a number of them, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.
  I hope this helps! Bill | 
                     
                    
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                       Posted - October 26 2005 :  03:55:49 AM
                        
                        
                      
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                       Hi bill, thanks for this Info. | 
                     
                    
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                       Posted - October 26 2005 :  03:57:50 AM
                        
                        
                      
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                       Sorry, Bill (my finger was not fast enough to write "B" in my last reply)
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                       Posted - November 05 2005 :  12:55:38 PM
                        
                        
                      
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                       Hi anto1,
  I'm curious... what type of information are you are trying to pull into your attributes?
  Bill is right... there is no straight forward approach, BUT I have successful done just this using combinations of TAGS, PROJECT TAGS, and TAG TEMPLATE loading.  I better mention METAS also, as they are probably in every script I have.  They smooth out the basic stuff.  You kind of need to think things through in the beginning, but once you're scripted...   | 
                     
                    
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                       Posted - November 07 2005 :  11:00:14 AM
                        
                        
                      
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                       Hi, Miksteele,  the Data type for this drawings is a Excel file, Thanks for the tip with Tags, Im going to try that way | 
                     
                    
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