Remove Data Extractions

[gfreddog]

Okay here's my latest "weird one"

I have a drawing that I did a Data Extraction to. I created a table in the drawing and a linked XLS file.

We no longer need the extraction. So, I delete the table. But the Data Extraction.dxe still shows up in the External Reference Manager.

How can I delete these "links" if they don't show up anywhere except in the External Reference Manager?

Any ideas?

[archie.manza]

There are no explanations on Help on how to remove it. And it says on Xref Manager that "Data Link selected: Cannot reload, detach or bind". Also, if you go to DATALINK manager there are option there to delete but if you click on that it prompts a warning that it is in use. I am not sure but AFAIK there are no available options aside from that for removing or detaching this kind of reference.

[gfreddog]

There are no explanations on Help on how to remove it. And it says on Xref Manager that "Data Link selected: Cannot reload, detach or bind". Also, if you go to DATALINK manager there are option there to delete but if you click on that it prompts a warning that it is in use. I am not sure but AFAIK there are no available options aside from that for removing or detaching this kind of reference.

Yeah that's my problem. I tried all of those avenues to no avail.

Normally I would just say screw it BUT anytime I run Publish or E-Transmit it looks for the files that are not there and throws an error that I can usually click through but it's a pain.

If my client opens the E-Transmit files and sees the errors they call looking for the missing files :Oops:

[LArchy]

Try typing the command DATALINK and then right click on the table/legend etc. that you want to remove. Select delete. This should remove it from your file.

[jmcbride.161140]

I had this same problem and after searching forever on how to fix it I found this lisp that was a godsend! The writer is Irne Barnard so he gets all the credit!

[gfreddog]

I had this same problem and after searching forever on how to fix it I found this lisp that was a godsend! The writer is Irne Barnard so he gets all the credit!

Newbie question... What is the .DCL file for?

[jaberwok]

Newbie question... What is the .DCL file for?

A dcl file contains the definitions of the user interface elements so that a lisp routine can have text boxes, radio buttons and all the other pretty things we've become used to instead of being just a command line operation.

[irneb]

I had this same problem and after searching forever on how to fix it I found this lisp that was a godsend! The writer is Irne Barnard so he gets all the credit!Just a warning ... my code can stuf things around if used improperly. I've tried disallowing things that shouldn't be done, but I might have missed something ... you can of course Undo, but if you've saved & closed ... well ...:cry:

See the orininal post for usage of this routine: http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=78139

[patricia.mclish677508]

Try typing the command DATALINK and then right click on the table/legend etc. that you want to remove. Select delete. This should remove it from your file.

This solution worked for me. Thanks, LArchy!:)

[berateb]

Great method thanks