Draw a Line Under Text

[MikeKohler]

Hi, just wondering if it was possible to automatically draw a line underneath text. By doing so, I am able to export text to a shape file and have CAD create a .prj file so I can then reproject the newly created shape file in Arc View 3.2. I attach an object data to the line and have fields for text and text angle. This works well, but it would be a lot faster if I could somehow have the lines automatically drawn.
Thank you,
Michael Kohler
GIS Coordinator, Town of Slave Lake

 

[CarlAK]

Yes it's possible. Are all text entities "text" vs "mtext" entities. Does the line have to be exact same length of text? Express Tools has command ("TCIRCLE")to enclose text in a circle, rectangle, etc -would this work?

 

[MikeKohler]

Yes, this is the approach I started to use, there is an express tool that encloses text with a rectangle. Thanks for the response.
Michael Kohler

 

[borgunit]

If you know VLISP, get the text bounding box and draw a line using the coordinates from the bounding box.

 

[biobud]

If using single line text mode begin your text with %%u and it will be underlined.