Restting text within an instance of a block

Hi

I have created a block with a given name (myBlock) that contains a rectangle and MText (.textString = "0"). When an instance of the Block is placed, I want to be able to reset the textString to another value (.textString = "1"), without exploding the Block. Each Block placed should have its own text string.
Is this possible? I am working with VB6 and the AutoCAD 2004 type library

Thanks

 

You can do this by setting a reference to the block, which is a collection of the entities. Then go through each entity, find the mtext and change the textstring. Remember that once you change it, all instances of the block on the drawing will be changed. You can use a block with an attribute, if you want to change one instance without affecting the rest. Good luck.

 

Is there a reason you don't want to use attributes?
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rectangle and MText (.textString = "0"). When an instance of the Block is
placed, I want to be able to reset the textString to another value
(.textString = "1"), without exploding the Block. Each Block placed should
have its own text string.

 

Hi
Tthanks for the responses but to clarify myself...

If I import a block containing one rectangle inside another rectangle and with text underneath, I would like to be able to move the inner rectangle and change the wording as I place the block or just after I have placed the block. This means the block definition will always be the same but each instance of the block could look different. In other words, can I find the text and the rectangle in the instance of the Block and modify them without exploding the block?"

Hope this is clearer

Cheers

 

You need to make a copy of the block first.
Change it's name adding some counter value (e.g. copy 'myblock' as
'myblock01')
Change whatever you need and set the reference to this new block.

 

I don't think you can have a block reference that does not look exactly like
its block definition. So..

1. As Jorge suggested, copy the master block def. to a new block def., make
your changes in the copy, and insert that.

2. Insert a block ref. from the master block def., explode it, delete the
block ref., make your changes, then and re-block or Group the changed
entities.
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John Goodfellow
irtfnm
use john at goodfellowassoc dot com

with text underneath, I would like to be able to move the inner rectangle
and change the wording as I place the block or just after I have placed the
block. This means the block definition will always be the same but each
instance of the block could look different. In other words, can I find the
text and the rectangle in the instance of the Block and modify them without
exploding the block?"