Table export from .net AutoCAD command, exports random characters

krishnakumar.arunachalam — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:03:02 GMT

Hi All, I have a .NET plugin, which is executed if user types the command. This .NET command exports the table rows and columns and put in a .csv, after that i convert into excel and upload in some external system.

Below .NET code exports for me the table rows and column, but it put some random characters. As you see below code, i had to hardcode so many things and my code is getting messier, as random characters keep coming. Can you please tell me how to ensure i can avoid those ? I understand newline characters users had put and i had no choice to replace newline, but for others i am surprised why the API's give this

Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.Table tb = (Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.Table)tr.GetObject(per.ObjectId, OpenMode.ForRead); if (tb != null) { for (int i = 0; i < tb.Rows.Count; i++) { var s = ""; var z = ""; for (int j = 0; j < tb.Columns.Count; j++) { // Get the contents of our cell var c = tb.Cells[i, j]; string pattern = @"{\\W\d.\d\d;"; string newstring = Regex.Replace(c.GetTextString(FormatOption.ForEditing), pattern, ""); string pattern1 = @"{\\W\d.\d;"; string newstring1 = Regex.Replace(newstring, pattern1, ""); string removalOfNewLine = Regex.Replace(newstring1, @"[\r\n]+", ""); z = removalOfNewLine.Replace("\\A1", "").Replace("#{\\H1x;", "#").Replace("}", "").Replace(@"{\H0.91667x;", "").Replace(@"{\H1x;\W0.7;", "").Replace(@"\H1x;", "").Replace(";", ""); var y = z + ";"; s = s + y; } sb.Append(s); sb.AppendLine(); } }

Re: Table export from .net AutoCAD command, exports random characters

ActivistInvestor — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 20:59:08 GMT

Try reposting or editing your original post, and use the insert code button on the toolbar to insert the code.

Re: Table export from .net AutoCAD command, exports random characters

daniel_cadext — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:48:06 GMT

maybe use FormatOption.ForEditing | FormatOption.IgnoreMtextFormat, or just FormatOption.IgnoreMtextFormat

Re: Table export from .net AutoCAD command, exports random characters

krishnakumar.arunachalam — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:03:12 GMT

Done

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