database text format

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

/Mikael

 

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

 

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?

 

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?


--
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
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
|
|

 

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?