LinkList 2025 Technical Documentation

Data Parameters

Data Parameters
XML XML Output
TXT Text Output
JSON JSON Output
MYSQL MySQL Output
ALL Output All Information
LAYOUTS Output Layout Information
LAYERS Output Layer Information
VIEWS Output View Information
XREF Output XRef Information
IMAGES Output Raster Reference Information
PDF Output PDF Underlay Information
TEXT Output Text Information
BLOCK Output Block Information for a given Block
BLOCKS Output Block Information for all Blocks
ENTITIES Output Entity Information
METADATA Output Metadata and Header Information
ATTRIBUTES Output Attribute Information
CHECKCLOSED Checks if ALL polylines are closed
LAYERS_ON Process a specific set of layers only

XML Output

PARAMETER    XML
Purpose This parameter defines that the output format will be XML.
Example -XML
Note There are no parameter values

Text Output

PARAMETER    TXT
Purpose This parameter defines that the output format will be a formatted ASCII Text File.
Example -TXT
Note There are no parameter values

JSON Output

PARAMETER    JSON
Purpose This parameter defines that the output format will be JSON.
Example -JSON
Note There are no parameter values

MySQL Output

PARAMETER    MySQL
Purpose This parameter defines that the output format will be to a MySQL database.
Example -MYSQL
Note There are no parameter values

All

PARAMETER    ALL
Purpose This parameter defines that the output will contain all parsed information from the source file.
Example -ALL
Note There are no parameter values

Output information for all Layouts

PARAMETER    LAYOUTS
Purpose This parameter defines that the output will contain the layouts defined in the source file.
Example -LAYOUTS
Note There are no parameter values

Output information for all Views

PARAMETER    VIEWS
Purpose This parameter defines that the output will contain the views defined in the source file.
Example -VIEWS
Note There are no parameter values

Output information for all Xref

PARAMETER    XREF
Purpose This parameter defines that the output will contain the external references defined in the source file.
Example -XREF
Note There are no parameter values

Output information for all Raster References

PARAMETER    RASTER
Purpose This parameter defines that the output will contain the external references to raster files defined in the source file.
Example -RASTER
Note There are no parameter values

Output information for all PDF References

PARAMETER    PDF
Purpose This parameter defines that the output will contain the external references to all PDF Underlay files defined in the source file.
Example -PDF
Note There are no parameter values

Output information for all Text

PARAMETER    TEXT
Purpose This parameter defines that the output will contain all text and mtext defined in the source file.
Example -TEXT
Note There are no parameter values

Output Information for a Block

PARAMETER    BLOCK
Purpose This parameter identifies the name of a Block to dump. All information for each Block Reference with the specified Block Name will be output.
Example -BLOCK=TTLB-ANNO
    <BlockRef>
      <Type>BlockReference</Type>
      <Handle>5071D</Handle>
      <Layer>G-ANNO-TTLB</Layer>
      <Color_Index>256</Color_Index>
      <Color>ByLayer</Color>
      <Linetype>ByLayer</Linetype>
      <Block_Name>ttlb-anno</Block_Name>
      <Position x="0" y="0" z="0" />
      <Scale_Factors x="1" y="1" z="1" />
      <Rotation>0</Rotation>
      <XRef>False</XRef>
      <Attributes>
        <Attribute Tag="TITLE1" String="ARCHITECTURAL " />
        <Attribute Tag="TITLE2" String="SECOND FLOOR SOUTHWEST QUADRANT " />
        <Attribute Tag="TITLE3" String="FLOOR PLAN" />
        <Attribute Tag="TITLE4" String="VMRD CONSOLIDATION" />
        <Attribute Tag="BUILDING" String="300" />
        <Attribute Tag="SECTION" String="SW" />
        <Attribute Tag="DISCIPLINE" String="01" />
        <Attribute Tag="TYPE" String="4" />
        <Attribute Tag="FLOOR" String="02" />
        <Attribute Tag="SEQ1" String="000" />
        <Attribute Tag="SEQ2" String="04" />
        <Attribute Tag="REV" String="A" />
        <Attribute Tag="SHEET" String="" />
        <Attribute Tag="OF" String="" />
        <Attribute Tag="SCALE" String="1/8&quot; = 1&apos;-0&quot;" />
        <Attribute Tag="DESIGN" String="TMS" />
        <Attribute Tag="DATE1" String="11-27-07" />
        <Attribute Tag="DRAWN" String="RWB" />
        <Attribute Tag="DATE2" String="11-27-07" />
        <Attribute Tag="CHECK" String="" />
        <Attribute Tag="DATE3" String="" />
      </Attributes>
    </BlockRef>

Output Information for all Blocks

PARAMETER    BLOCKS
Purpose This parameter instigates the dumping of basic information about all blocks in the drawing. It will not, by itself, dump Text or Attribute information.
Example -BLOCKS
    <Blocks>
      <Block>
        <Block_Name>*Model_Space</Block_Name>
        <Filename></Filename>
        <Loaded>True</Loaded>
        <Overlay>False</Overlay>
        <External_Reference>False</External_Reference>
        <Path_Name></Path_Name>
        <Entities>
          <Entity>
            <Type>BlockReference</Type>
            <Handle>68</Handle>
            <Layer>Fond de plan</Layer>
            <Color_Index>82</Color_Index>
            <Color>ByColor r33:g181:b17</Color>
            <Linetype>ByLayer</Linetype>
            <Block_Name>Maillage_20</Block_Name>
            <Position x="-47879.4" y="125356" z="0" />
            <Scale_Factors x="1" y="1" z="1" />
            <Rotation>0</Rotation>
            <XRef>False</XRef>
          </Entity>
        </Entities>
      </Block>
      <Block>
        <Block_Name>*Paper_Space</Block_Name>
        <Filename></Filename>
        <Loaded>True</Loaded>
        <Overlay>False</Overlay>
        <External_Reference>False</External_Reference>
        <Path_Name></Path_Name>
        <Entities>
        </Entities>
      </Block>
      <Block>
        <Block_Name>Maillage_20</Block_Name>
        <Filename></Filename>
        <Loaded>True</Loaded>
        <Overlay>False</Overlay>
        <External_Reference>False</External_Reference>
        <Path_Name></Path_Name>
        <Entities>
          <Entity>
            <Type>Hatch</Type>
            <Handle>6F</Handle>
            ...

Output Information for all Entities

PARAMETER    ENTITIES
Purpose This parameter instigates the dumping of basic information about all entities in the drawing. It will not, by itself, dump detailed Text or Attribute information.
Example -ENTITIES
<Entities>
  <Entity>
    <Type>Polyline</Type>
    <Handle>475</Handle>
    <Layer>A</Layer>
    <Color_Index>256</Color_Index>
    <Color>ByLayer</Color>
    <Linetype>ByLayer</Linetype>
    <Normal x="0" y="0" z="1" />
    <Thickness>0</Thickness>
    <Has_Width>False</Has_Width>
    <Constant_Width>0</Constant_Width>
    <Has_Bulges>True</Has_Bulges>
    <Elevation>0</Elevation>
    <Closed>False</Closed>
    <Vertices>
      <Vertex>
        <Index>1</Index>
        <Segment_Type>Arc</Segment_Type>
        <Location x="5000" y="0" z="0" />
        <Bulge>-3</Bulge>
        <Arc_Info>
          <Radius>833.333</Radius>
          <Start_Angle>0</Start_Angle>
          <End_Angle>4.99618</End_Angle>
          <Center x="5500" y="666.667" z="0" />
          <Start_Point x="5000" y="0" z="0" />
          <End_Point x="6000" y="0" z="0" />
        </Arc_Info>
      </Vertex>
      ...

Output Information for all Layers

PARAMETER    LAYERS
Purpose This parameter instigates the dumping of basic information about all entities in the drawing. It will not, by itself, dump detailed Text or Attribute information.
Example -LAYERS
  <Layers>
    <Layer>
      <Name>0</Name>
      <On>True</On>
      <Frozen>False</Frozen>
      <Color>Foreground</Color>
      <Linetype>CONTINUOUS</Linetype>
      <Lineweight>kLnWtByLwDefault</Lineweight>
    </Layer>
    <Layer>
      <Name>EM</Name>
      <On>True</On>
      <Frozen>False</Frozen>
      <Color>ACI 2</Color>
      <Linetype>CONTINUOUS</Linetype>
      <Lineweight>kLnWtByLwDefault</Lineweight>
    </Layer>
  </Layers>

Output information for all Metadata

PARAMETER    METADATA
Purpose This parameter defines that the output will contain all metadate and header information defined in the source file.
Example -METADATA
Note There are no parameter values

Output information for all Attributes

PARAMETER    ATTR
Purpose This parameter defines that the output will contain all attributes defined in the source file.
Example -ATTR
Note There are no parameter values

Check Closed

PARAMETER    CHECKCLOSED
Purpose This parameter controls whether all polylines will be scanned and a message output depending on whether they are ALL closed or not.
Example -CHECKCLOSED
Note There are no parameter values

Layers ON

PARAMETER    LAYERS_ON or LON
Purpose This parameter set the layers only that will be processed. If any layers are listed, then when it is processing entities but not any other function, it will check the layer to see if it is on the list defined by -lon. If it is, then it processes like normal. If it is not on the list, then it is skipped.
Example -LON=“Mylayer1;Mylayer2”
Last updated on 29 Aug 2024
Published on 22 Mar 2020