Objecthandle in XDATA

Stumbled accros follwing problem
Attached XDATA containing a reference group code 1005 = handle to
another entity.
Example a line contains a reference to a text entity

After that I wblocked the entire drawing, reopened the drawing and
read the line's xdata.
Guess what I got, the handle was still there but (handent handle)
returned nil. The text was still where it should be.

Do I miss something ?

Greetings
Dieter

 

Does the text entity in the drawing created by the wblock have the same
handle as the handle in the xdata? The drawing created by wblock can have
different handles for the entities copied over. If the text entity's handle
was changed, then the xdata handle in the xdata in the drawing created by
the wblock should have been translated to the new handle for the text entity
in that drawing. But, that translation might have failed for some reason.

 

I've found that translation of entity handles doesn't always
work (I don't recall the exact details unfortunately). For
that reason, I don't use them. I use extension dictionaries
and XRecords with object ids.

 

Tried in 2004: no problem with wblock.

Pay attention the handles are all renamed.

Handles in xdata are renamed too, accordly with
the reference entity.

HTH


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