database text format

[Jan-Mikael Kristiansson]

Hi!
Is there a variable I can retrieve that tells me what "Database Text Format" a drawing has?

/Mikael

 

[Ed Jobe]

"Database Text Format"? Where did you see that term? I havn't seen it before, at least not applied to acad.

 

[Jan-Mikael Kristiansson]

Open a drawing in AutoCAD and write "dbtrans" in command. A dialog will appear where you can translate database text format. I need to find a variable that can tell me what database text format a drawing has. The characters å, ä, ö in the swedish language sometimes displays as questionmarks or worse in older drawings. I have about 1000 drawings in this project and I need to know which one of them to fix without having to open all of them. If i can find out what variable that controls this, i can wite a lisp and check all drawings in a couple of minutes. I first thought that the the codepage could have something to do with this..but it't not 100% realiable..

ideas?

 

[R. Robert Bell]

Are you using plain AutoCAD, or some vertical like Map? There is no "dbtrans" in vanilla AutoCAD (unless perhaps dbConnect provides it).

Regardless, if dbtrans has a command-line interface, why don't you write a script and just process the 1000 drawings overnight?

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R. Robert Bell, MCSE
www.AcadX.com

| Open a drawing in AutoCAD and write "dbtrans" in command. A dialog will | appear where you can translate database text format. I need to find a | variable that can tell me what database text format a drawing has. The | characters å, ä, ö in the swedish language sometimes displays as | questionmarks or worse in older drawings. I have about 1000 drawings in this | project and I need to know which one of them to fix without having to open | all of them. If i can find out what variable that controls this, i can wite | a lisp and check all drawings in a couple of minutes. I first thought that | the the codepage could have something to do with this..but it't not 100% | realiable.. | | ideas? | | | > "Database Text Format"? Where did you see that term? I havn't seen it | > before, at least not applied to acad. | > | > -- | > Ed | > -- | > | > | > > Hi! | > > Is there a variable I can retrieve that tells me what "Database Text | > Format" | > > a drawing has? | > > | > > /Mikael | > > | > > | > | > | |

 

[Ed Jobe]

First, dbtrans is not a normal acad command. However, you're close in that the problem lies with codepages, but not all acad fonts have a character drawn for each unicode. You need to make sure that the font you are using contains those characters. Can you type new text using them?