IDLffDXF::Read

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The IDLffDXF::Read function method reads a file, parsing the DXF object information contained in the file, and inserts it into itself.

Syntax

Result = Obj->[IDLffDXF::]Read(Filename)

Return Value

Returns a 1 indicating success in reading the file, otherwise 0.

Arguments

Filename

A scalar string containing the full path and filename of the DXF file to be read.

Keywords

None

Examples

; Read all the lines from the electrical layer: 
oDXF = OBJ_NEW('IDLffDXF') 
IF (oDXF->Read('myDXF.dxf')) THEN BEGIN 
   contents = oDXF->GetContents(4,COUNT=numLines, $ 
      LAYER='Electrical') 
   IF (numLines ne 0) THEN BEGIN 
      lines = oDXF->GetEntity(4,LAYER='Electrical') 
   ENDIF 
ENDIF 

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