Extracting attribute tag strings from a block insert using ObjectARX

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#include <TCHAR.H>

void ExtractAttributes()
{
ads_name ename;
ads_point pt;

if(acedEntSel("\nSelect an block: ", ename, pt) != RTNORM)
{
    acutPrintf("\nError selecting entity.");
    return;
}
AcDbObjectId eId;
acdbGetObjectId(eId, ename);
AcDbEntity* pEnt = NULL;

if (acdbOpenObject(pEnt, eId , AcDb::kForRead) != Acad::eOk)
{
    acutPrintf("\nError opening entity.");
    if(pEnt)
      pEnt->close();
    return;
}
if(pEnt->isA() != AcDbBlockReference::desc())
{
    acutPrintf("\nMust select a block insert.");
    pEnt->close();
    return;
}
AcDbBlockReference *pBlkRef = AcDbBlockReference::cast(pEnt);

AcDbAttribute *pAtt = NULL;
AcDbObjectIterator *pAttIter = pBlkRef->attributeIterator();
_TCHAR tagName[33], strValue[256];
for (pAttIter->start(); !pAttIter->done(); pAttIter->step())
{
     acdbOpenObject(pAtt, pAttIter->objectId(), AcDb::kForRead);
     // get the tag string
     _tcscpy(tagName, pAtt->tag());
     acutPrintf("\nBlock Insert Attribute tag is: %s", tagName);
     _tcscpy(strValue, pAtt->textString());
     acutPrintf("\nBlock Insert Attribute string value is: %s", strValue);
     pAtt->close();
}
delete pAttIter;
pBlkRef->close();
}