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Creating a Data Link to an ODBC Source
You can link data from a number of data sources to an AutoCAD Architecture
drawing. You can use the following database providers for linking to data
sources:
â– Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB Provider (Access)
â– Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers
These database providers let you link to the following data sources:
â– Microsoft Access database (MDB)
â– Microsoft Excel file (XLS)
â– Microsoft Text file (TXT, CSV)
NOTE The instruction below describes the process of creating a link to a data
source from a Microsoft Excel file. In the same way, can create data links to
Microsoft Access databases, plain ASCII text files, and comma-separated files.
1 Open the Field dialog box from one of the following components:
Then…If you want to…
see Inserting Fields in AutoCAD Text Ele-
ments on page 3459.
insert a database field into
a text element
see Inserting Fields in AutoCAD Multiline
Text on page 3460.
insert a database field into
an multiline text (mtext)
element
see Inserting Fields in AutoCAD Table Cells
on page 3463.
insert a database field into
an AutoCAD table cell
see Inserting Fields in AutoCAD Attributes
on page 3461.
insert a database field into
an attribute definition
see Inserting Fields in Property Set Defini-
tions on page 3453.
insert a database field into
a property set definition
see Inserting Field Placeholders in Object
Properties on page 3456.
insert a database field into
an object property
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