How to create one stencils on a drawing based on a spreadsheet

[Scott-]

Hello,

I'm trying to fill a drawing with data from a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet
contains an address, phone number and name on each line. I would like to
generate a house stencil on the page for each entry, with the data as a text
box below the house. This seems simple, but I can't find any clear
documentation on how to do this.

Any help would be very much appreciated!

Thanks and best regards!

Scott-

 

[Al Edlund]

it's not 'simple' in that you would have to write code with primary
functions of
a.) read the spread sheet
b.) drop shape on page from stencil
c.) add custom properties to shape
d.) add data to custom properties/text fields
e.) optionally create field functions for the custom properties

with the exception of the 'read spreadsheet" most of this can be modified
from the v2003 sdk.

al