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8 Select a Database Validation option:
■ None — Creates links without checking to see if a matching record
exists in the table
■ Link Must Exist — Creates a link only if the value in the drawing
matches the key field value of an existing record. If no record has a
matching value, a link is not created for that object.
■ Create If New — Creates a new record in the table if no existing record
has a matching value.
9 Click OK.
10 In the Convert Object Data To Database Links dialog box, specify how
to select objects with attached object data.
You can select objects automatically or manually, and you can use a filter
to restrict selection to specified layers.
11 Click Proceed.
To link records to objects using text or block attribute data automatically
1 Click Map Setup tab ➤ Attribute Data panel ➤
➤ Generate Links.
2 In the Generate Data Links dialog box, select a linkage type.
3 Under Data Links, select Create Database Links.
4 Select a link template.
If you are creating links to enclosed text, select a link template that has
only one key field.
5 If you are creating links to blocks or enclosed blocks, select the name of
the block.
For each key field in the link template, select a tag from the block
attribute. You can assign a tag to only one key field.
6 Select a Database Validation option.
7 Optionally, select Use Insertion Point As Label Point.
8 Click OK.
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