To follow up on yesterday's post; I am including an example of an ACAD text file used to extract attributes from a set of blocks in a graveyard drawing. Maybe this clarifies my request. What format does DraftSight use in the text file that is used for attribute extraction.

BL:HANDLE            C005000

LOT-NUMBER       C025000

LOTNO                    C025000

SEQ                          C008000

REF                          C006000

LOC                        C006000

LOT-OWNER           C028000

FIRSTNAME            C020000

LASTNAME            C020000

NEE                           C020000

DOB                       C020000

DOD                      C020000

RANK                    C020000

SERVICE            C200000