You can export information
about links to a text file.
You can
use the program to export links contained in a drawing. This is
useful when you have multiple graphical objects linked to a single
database row. Suppose, for example, that you want to prepare a bill
of materials that summarizes the number of different light fixtures
in a drawing. The external database that your drawing is linked
to does not contain this information. All the database provides
is a list of the various light fixtures that make up its record
set. The database table has no knowledge of the number of instances of
individual light fixtures in your drawing. If you want to prepare
a summary report containing this information, you have to export
the links in your drawing.
To export links from a
drawing
- Click DbConnect menu
Links Export
Links.
- Create a selection set of graphical objects
whose links you want to export.
If more than one link template exists for the
set of graphical objects that you select, the Select Link Template
dialog box is displayed and you are prompted to select a link template.
If your selection set contains only one link template, the Export
Links dialog box is displayed.
- In the Export Links dialog box, select
the fields to include by clicking them in the Include Fields list.
The key fields for the selected link template
are included automatically. The program also exports the entity
handle of the object that each link is associated with.
- Enter a name for the exported file in
File Name.
- Select a file format for the file from
the Save As Type list.
You may save the file in the native database
format of the current table or as a comma-delimited or space-delimited
text file.
- Click Save to export the links and close
the dialog box.
- Repeat steps 1 through 6, as necessary,
for any additional link templates whose links you want to export.
CommandsDBCONNECT
Provides an interface
to external database tables.
