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Everything that follows is direct and unaltered output from the LISP Generator.

; This program was created on December 8 2006 using the LISP Generator.

; Define the function (the program).
(defun c:TXT2FILE ( / FL1 SS1 OBJ I HNDL TXTSTR OLDCE OLDERR OLDTE)
  ; Save the current value of cmdecho then redefine it.
  (setq OLDCE (getvar "cmdecho"))
  (setvar "cmdecho" 1)
  ; Save the current value of texteval then set it to 1
  (setq OLDTE (getvar "texteval"))
  (setvar "texteval" 1)
  ; Save the current value of the error handling subroutine then redefine it.
  (setq OLDERR *error*)
  (defun *error* (errmes)
    (princ (strcat "\nExecution of TXT2FILE halted by the following error: " ERRMES))
    (setvar "cmdecho" OLDCE)
    (setq *error* OLDERR)
    (prin1)
  )
  ;(setq *error* nil)
  ; NOTE: to turn error handling off, erase the semicolon in the line above.

  ; GET a FILE from the user and store it in FN1.
  (setq FN1 (getfiled "Output file" "textout.txt" "" 5))

  ; OPEN file FN1 for overwriting as FL1.
  (setq FL1 (open FN1 "w"))

  ; QUERY the drawing and store the resulting selection set in SS1. 
  (setq SS1 (SSGET "X" (QUOTE ((0 . "TEXT")))))

  ; BEGIN LOOP loop1.
  ; LOOP by STEPPING THROUGH the OBJECTS of SELECTION-SET SS1, reading them into OBJ.
  (setq I -1)
  (while (setq OBJ (ssname SS1 (setq I (1+ I))))

    ; EXTRACT the Handle from the entity OBJ and store it in HNDL.
    (setq HNDL (cdr (assoc 5 (entget OBJ))))

    ; EXTRACT the Text string from the entity OBJ and store it in TXTSTR.
    (setq TXTSTR (cdr (assoc 1 (entget OBJ))))

    ; WRITE  to file FL1.
    (princ HNDL FL1)
    (princ "\n" FL1)
    (princ TXTSTR FL1)
    (princ "\n" FL1)

  ) ; END LOOP loop1.
  ; CLOSE file FL1.
  (close FL1)

  ; Reset "cmdecho" to previous value.
  (setvar "cmdecho" OLDCE)
  ; Reset "texteval" to previous value.
  (setvar "texteval" OLDTE)
  ; Reset *error* to previous definition.
  (setq *error* OLDERR)
  ; Exit quietly (no return value.)
  (prin1)
)