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Mike: Not really. "The AutoCAD Database Book" is more about the drawing file *as* database, and how to send some of that data to other programs (a very simple dBASE BOM application, exporting to a spreadsheet, etc.). A substantial part of the book consists of appendices documenting the AutoCAD database and DXF file formats (group codes and all that). Smith & Gesner's book "Maximizing AutoCAD II: AutoLISP" (or something like that) also has a chapter on developing a dBASE program that works on data exported from AutoCAD. Robert Schutz and I recently looked over four AutoCAD applications which let you read and write dBASE DBF files from inside of AutoCAD, and the reviews should appear in the January CADalyst. – Mark M.