You could probably do it with the OpenDwg Toolkit.
http://www.opendwg.org/index.htm. I just looked at they have an activex control for VB. They've reverse-engineered the .dwg file.
FYI, OpenDwg is NOT supported by AutoDesk and AutoDesk frequently changes the format of the .dwg file.
I don't think there is any other way to do it, but you could ask on Autodesk customization newsgroup.
>Anyone have any knowledge of how to read AutoCAD Drawing Attributes from the drawing without launching AutoCAD? (If possible...?)
Roi
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In Rome, there was a poem.
About a dog, who found two bone.
He lick the one, he lick the other.
He went pyscho, he drop dead!
