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File menu Attach/Detach Detach External
Records
Menu
MAPDETACHDBCommand Line
In Map Explorer, right-click a data source Detach
Task Pane
Source dialog boxDialog Box
MAPDISCONNECTDB
Disconnects an attached, connected database
File menu Connect/Disconnect Disconnect
From External Records
Menu
MAPDISCONNECTDBCommand Line
In Map Explorer, right-click a data
source Disconnect-or- To disconnect all data
sources: Right-click Data Sources Disconnect All
Task Pane
Disconnect Data Source dialog boxDialog Box
Attaching a Data Source
To use data from an external data source, attach the data source to the drawing.
When you attach a data source, it appears in the Map Explorer tab of the Task
Pane along with the tables and database queries associated with it.
For the following data sources, AutoCAD Map 3D automatically creates the
files it needs to communicate with the data source:
.dbf
.db
.mdb
.xls (must have at least one named range)
.udl
For other data sources, you must
manually create the files (page 210) before
you can attach the data source.
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