Thanks, I will give it a whirl
Shane
TM Amick II wrote in message
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> There is nothing in the R14 Object Model that can determine the version of
> an ACAD drawing file. You need to use the "Open file For Input Access
Read
> As #1" statement to open the drawing file and read the first six (6)
> characters of the file. These characters are different for every version
of
> AutoCAD. All 2000 files begin with "AC1015", R14 with "AC1014", and R13
> with "AC1012".
> Once you have this information you can use a conditional statement to load
> the file or ignore it.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> TM Amick II
> Jacobs Engineering Group
>
>
> Shane Moorhead wrote in message
> news:7vnic7$oah27@adesknews2.autodesk.com...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is ther a way in the R14 object model to determine what version the
> > currently opened DWG file is saved in? Is there anything in the R15
> object
> > model. I have looked around in both? Perhaps there is something at the
> > AutoLisp level which can determine this for me.
> >
> > I have built a utiltiy which can batch through 100's and 100's of
> drawings.
> > This utility was written in VB using the R14 object model. The only
> problem
> > is if a drawing which has been saved in the R15 file format is part of
the
> > batch it will trip up the utility because R14 cannot open this file
> format.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to handle this error?
> >
> > Thanks a bunch!
> > Shane
> >
> >
>
>
