This is an accurate description. The files  are suffixed dwg (Autocad
standard). While there are not many files that must be searched at
any given time, the total number of drawings that will be searched
will easily reach into the hundreds of thousands by the end of the
year. I am trying to make my life easier by having excel do the
tedious work for me.

I have written a few things in LISP (Lost In Stupid Parentheses),
but frankly I would rather revert to binary coding than have to
relearn that nonsense.

I understand from other I have spoken with that the new versions of
AutoCAD include VBA which could make my life easier, but I was
hoping maybe someone had already tackled this dragon or maybe one of
his cousins and could give some guidance.