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UIApplication.OpenAndActivateDocument

Description:
Opens and activates a Revit document, include both local document or cloud document.

Remarks:
This method, if successful, changes the active document. It is not allowed to have an open transaction in the active document when calling this method. Additionally, this method may not be called from inside an event handler.

Overloads (3):

OpenAndActivateDocument(ModelPath,OpenOptions,Boolean)

OpenAndActivateDocument(ModelPath,OpenOptions,Boolean,IOpenFromCloudCallback)

OpenAndActivateDocument(String)

public UIDocument OpenAndActivateDocument(
	string fileName
)

Public Function OpenAndActivateDocument ( _
	fileName As String _
) As UIDocument

public:
UIDocument^ OpenAndActivateDocument(
	String^ fileName
)

System.String

fileName

A full path to a revit file to be opened. The file can be either a Revit project, template, or family document.

Return Value The opened document. The opened document.

Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.ArgumentException

The given 'fileName' is not a Revit file (a project, template, or family document).
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.ArgumentNullException

IfnullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothingin Visual Basic)is passed as 'fileName'. -or- A non-optional argument was NULL
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.FileArgumentNotFoundException

The file specified by 'fileName' cannot be found.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.InvalidOperationException

If the active document is currently modifiable.If an API event handler is currently being executed.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.RevitServerCommunicationException

If there is any server internal error.