Well support isn't just about problems, but also about improvements. If
we can find a better way to expose this attribute it will be useful all
round. Mind you, it doesn't help that the location isn't consistent
because if there isn't another way to positively identify it we won't be
able to do much.

I've seen your ticket in the support queue and will make sure it's dealt
with and any results announced here.

Regards,

Mark

Mark Ireland, Product Support Engineer
Safe Software Inc. Surrey, BC, CANADA
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.safe.com
Solutions for Spatial Data Translation, Distribution and Access

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Bryan Waller
Sent: June 16, 2005 9:41 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [fme] Re: DWGs containing URLs

Hi Mark,

I have managed to find how to expose the hyperlink attribute from the
AutoCAD file, but it is finicky and can end up in several different
places, depending on the origin of the .dwg file.  The attribute is held
in autocad_extended_data{1}.string{} but can be in almost any of the
elements you may expose in the attribute.  The element preceding it
contains an identifier string "application_name:PE_URL" which could be
used to then grab the following element, but this seems cumbersome.  In
the one example I ran the URL could end up in 5 different locations
because other software add-ons to AutoCAD also created extended data for
their own purposes.

Does anyone have any other ideas?  I will forward this to support as you
suggested, though I supposed just because something difficult doesn't
necessarily mean it is a problem.

Bryan Waller, GIS Specialist
Midwest Survey Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ph.403.244.7471 (main)
ph.403.244.6555 ext.263
fax.403.244.2466
www.midwestsurveys.com/
 

-----Original Message-----
From: mark2atsafe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: June 14, 2005 12:10 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [fme] Re: DWGs containing URLs

Hi Bryan,
I've not seen this before but if you can send us a sample we'll look
into it.

Send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask them to file a PR for Ryan P.

Thanks

Mark

Mark Ireland, Product Support Engineer
Safe Software Inc. Surrey, BC, CANADA
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.safe.com
Solutions for Spatial Data Translation, Distribution and Access 

--- In [email protected], "Bryan Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>    Hello Group,
> 
> 
>    Has anyone attempted to extract the URL's that can be stored in an
>    autocad drawing object's general properties using workbench?
> 
> 
>    I can not seem to find out which of the Format Attributes I need to
>    expose to capture the hyperlink.
> 
> 
>    Any help would be much appreciated.
> 
> 
>    Bryan
> 
> 
> 
> 
>    Bryan Waller, GIS Specialist
> 
>    Midwest Survey Inc.
> 
>    [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>    ph.403.244.7471 (main)
> 
>    ph.403.244.6555 ext.263
> 
>    fax.403.244.2466
> 
>    [2]www.midwestsurveys.com/
> 
> 
>    [cid:image002.jpg@0...]
> 
> References
> 
>    1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>    2. http://www.midwestsurveys.com/





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