AutoCAD .NET read block attribute

[ti]

Hi,

I started a little project using AutoCAD 2008 and Visual Studio 2005 in VB, I can click a block and loop through all the block attributes but what I would like to do is click a particular attribute and get only the attribute's textstring. I can do it in VBA but I really need this to work with VB.NET.

Can anyone help me or point me to a tutorial ?

I already read that blog post but can't adapt it to my needs.
http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2006/09/getting_autocad.html

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

You can use the Editor's GetNestedEntity() method to
select

an attribute in a block insertion. The ObjectId of the
attribute

will let you open it and get its value.

See if you can get it working on your own, and if you
have

a problem, post your attempt here and we can help
you

with it.

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Hi,
I started a little project using AutoCAD 2008 and Visual Studio 2005 in VB, I
can click a block and loop through all the block attributes but what I would
like to do is click a particular attribute and get only the attribute's
textstring. I can do it in VBA but I really need this to work with VB.NET. Can
anyone help me or point me to a tutorial ? I already read that blog post but
can't adapt it to my needs.
http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2006/09/getting_autocad.html
Thanks!

[ti]

Thanks, I'll work on it and let you know.

[ti]

ok, I got it running but I have a few questions.

1. When I call my command, the whole drawing seems to be highlighted or maybe it highlights the whole block, is it possible to only hightlight the block attribute or turn off the highlighting ?

2. If I need to click more than 1 attribute before getting back to my form, is there a property for that or should I prompt the user with the command line ?

Thanks a lot for your help !