Hi David, You might want to look here: www.graphiteone-cad.com You could setup a simple script which loads a dxf, runs a hit test on the "specific area", filters for text objects, and access the data of interest. That should be really simple. Mail me (thomas.schmidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) if you like to have more info. Bye, Thomas > I must apologise in advance for thins being off topic. I am trying to f= ind > a way to extract data from about 5,000 autocad files so that we can bui= ld a > database with the information. The information is in a specific area of= the > drawing and consists of individual text objects, each containing a 5 di= git > number. We want to read out this data for each drawing. I am looking fo= r > someone who can write me a simple program to do it. > > If anyone can give me a starting point for this I would be appreciative= =2E > > Regards, > > David Meyer