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Data Extraction

WebLook, like FastLook Plus, has the ability to extract data from an AutoCAD drawing. This data may take the form of:

  • Block attributes
  • Extended entity data
  • Object data
  • SQL links

The example below uses VBScript inside Internet Explorer, but you can easily use other popular scripting environments such as JavaScript or JScript.

The following is sample code, which shows a very simple integration where the user picks a block, WebLook pulls the data associated with the picked block and the browser presents the data in a dialog box. Obviously, in your application the data could be used in any number of ways.

Example      
//This code is copied into the HEADER section
<script ID="clientEventHandlersVBS" LANGUAGE="VBscript">
Dim TagNew
DIM ValueNew
  
Sub WebLook1_WebLookEvent(EventNumber)
' This is a handler for the potential WebLook events
   Select Case EventNumber
     Case 2 'User has double-clicked in the WebLook window
     Case 4 'Sent when the drawing window has been invalidated.
     Case 5 'Sent when the drawing window has finished painting
     Case 10 'Sent when FastLook is in entity pick mode and the user has selected an entity.
         Call ExtractData
     Case 27 'Redline file status changed
     Case 28 'Redline/Link selection set changed - user selected or deselected a Redline or Link entity.
     Case 30 'WebLook is viewing a new image
   End Select
End Sub
  
Sub ExtractData
  success = WebLook1.CmdStr("[GetFirstEntityData]")
   If success > 0 Then
     DataString = WebLook1.DataString
     StringSeparate(DataString)
     Msg = Msg + Chr(13) & Chr(10) & TagNew + " = " & ValueNew
   Else
     If success < 0 Then
       MsgBox "GetNextEntityData failed! retVal=" & success
     Else
       MsgBox "No Attributes were found!"
     End If
   End If
   While success > 0
     success = WebLook1.CmdStr("[GetNextEntityData]")
     If success > 0 Then
       DataString = WebLook1.DataString
       StringSeparate(DataString)
       Msg = Msg + Chr(13) & Chr(10) & TagNew + " = " & ValueNew
     Else
       If success < 0 Then
         MsgBox "GetNextEntityData failed! retVal=" & success
       End If
     End If
   Wend
   MsgBox Msg
End Sub
  
Sub StringSeparate(DataString)
'This sub is parsing the string that is returned from the WebLook server. It looks for the
'delimiter, which is the pipe character (|), and splits the string in two.
   For i = 1 To Len(DataString)
     NewChar = Mid(DataString, i, 1)
     If NewChar = "|" Then
       TagNew = Mid(DataString, 1, i - 1)
       ValueNew = Mid(DataString, i + 1, Len(DataString))
     End If
   Next
End Sub
</script>

 

//Copy this code into the BODY of the page.
<form>
  <input type="button" value="Pick Block Attribute Data"
       onClick="WebLook1.SendFLCommand 171,0">
</form>
  
<object CLASSID="CLSID:0BFB6D15-B6E1-11D3-8BED-00104B885ED1"
   ID="WebLook1" HEIGHT="300" WIDTH="350"
  CODEBASE="http://www.kamelsoftware.com/weblook.cab">
  <param NAME="src" VALUE="http://www.kamelsoftware.com/blocks.dwg.ifl">
</object>

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