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#Xref List

    19-Feb-92 23:36:19
Sb: #33663-#Xref List
Fm: Ted Schaefer 71520,265
To: Gary Lewis 76217,2054
Gary and ALL – I have completed a routine that writes out a batch file that copies all xrefs to a drive or directory. It uses ssget to make a list of the blocks. Then I get the block names one-by-one and do a tblsearch on it which returns an association list. If the insert is an xref, then (cdr (assoc 1 block_list)) will return the directory path. (block_list a variable containing the result of tblsearch.) Finally I write that out to a file called xref.bat. The idea was to aide in archiving a drawing. One problem! If you xref/attach a block without the full path, allowing the DOS ACAD=dir1;dir2 environment to find it, there will be no path – only the block name. So the first advice is to always use the complete path to externally referenced symbols. To all: any other ways to do this better?? – Ted Schaefer I'd like to write a