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How to get the hyperlink value (address) from a selected entity?

To get the hyperlink from a selected drawing entity use the following function:

(assoc -3 (entget (car (entsel)) (list "PE_URL")))

function returns nil if there is no linked address, or the linked address in the following format:

(-3 ("PE_URL" (1000 . "http://www.cadforum.cz")))

(-3 ("PE_URL" (1000 . "http://www.cadforum.cz") (1002 . "{") 
(1000 . "http://www.cadforum.cz") (1002 . "{") (1071 . 1) (1002 . "}") (1002 . 
"}")))

ACAD2000ACAD2005ADTMap

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13.4.2001 4930x

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applies to: AutoCAD 2000 · AutoCAD 2005 · AutoCAD Architecture · AutoCAD Map ·

See also:
Tip 6881:	List all hyperlinks in your DWG drawing.
Tip 6776:	How to add a comment to a drawing object?
Tip 6495:	AutoCAD does not show hyperlinks of my drawing objects.
Tip 5976:	Keyboard shortcuts defined in AutoCAD.
Tip 4333:	How to open object hyperlinks by simple double-click?

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