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Hello!

I'm trying to make a macro to automate dataextraction. I've gone through the wizzard, saved the .dxe file but when I use the command line version of the command (-dataextraxtion) and it prompts for the template file (.dxe) and I type it (e.g table.dxe) I get an error message:
Invalid name.Enter the template file path for the extraction:
I've saved the .dxe file to a searchable file path. 
If I have done the extraction and created the .dxe file on one drawing, how can I make the dxe template useable with other drawing files as well?

Edited by archdake - 25.Apr.2012 at 09:57

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archdake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19.Apr.2011 Location: Greece Using: AutoCAD2008 Status: Offline Points: 13	Topic: -dataextraction file path error Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 09:20
	Hello! I'm trying to make a macro to automate dataextraction. I've gone through the wizzard, saved the .dxe file but when I use the command line version of the command (-dataextraxtion) and it prompts for the template file (.dxe) and I type it (e.g table.dxe) I get an error message: Invalid name.Enter the template file path for the extraction: I've saved the .dxe file to a searchable file path. If I have done the extraction and created the .dxe file on one drawing, how can I make the dxe template useable with other drawing files as well? Edited by archdake - 25.Apr.2012 at 09:57

archdake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19.Apr.2011 Location: Greece Using: AutoCAD2008 Status: Offline Points: 13	Posted: 27.Apr.2012 at 20:19
	Ok, took care of the filepath problem. My other concern is how can I automate dataextraction so the template I create can be used in any drawing other than the one it was created for, using the -dataextraction version of the command?

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archdake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19.Apr.2011 Location: Greece Using: AutoCAD2008 Status: Offline Points: 13	Posted: 28.Apr.2012 at 08:08
	The problem I'm facing is that the table inserted with -dataextraction is always the same table that was created when the .dxe template was created during the original dataextraction. The process works fine when the file I use the macro in is the same file that was used to create the extraction template. The table inserted does reflect any changes to the file. When I use the macro in a different drawing though, the table inserted is just the one created with the template and does not dynamically track the current drawing! I thought that ticking the "Include current drawing" in the Data source field would make AutoCAD dynamically apply the template to any file the macro is used in.

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