Hyperlink XDATA

[kzgagne]

I'm having trouble extracting XDATA from a drawing. I'm trying to extract the URL data from a hyperlink associated with a block. I've managed to get it to extract the XDATA from the PE_URL application and put it in the field "URL" in a point shapefile. Unfortunately every single entry in the field is cut off after 14 characters.

This is an example of the entry generated by using the Autocad hyperlink function in the DXF

1001
PE_URL
1000
B:\Red River Rd\584.tif
1002
{
1000
B:\Red River Rd\584.tif
1002
}

and the resulting field data for this object ends up being:

B:\Red River R


If there is something I'm missing here any information would be appreciated.

[GuthCAD Software Support]

Hi,

Thanks for reporting the problem. We will make a special XDATA format to handle the AutoCAD hyperlink XDATA. I don't think that the existing supported formats exactly match. Hopefully it will be available in a software update in about 2 days time.

best regards,
Software Support

[kzgagne]

Do you know if this Xdata type has been implemented in the new version of CAD2SHAPE? I looked for the selection in the XDATA Format drop down box and did not see any option for URL's.