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CableType.GetCableTypeId

Description:
Gets the Cable Type id by given cable type name.

public static ElementId GetCableTypeId(
	Document document,
	string name
)

Public Shared Function GetCableTypeId ( 
	document As Document,
	name As String
) As ElementId

public:
static ElementId^ GetCableTypeId(
	Document^ document, 
	String^ name
)

static member GetCableTypeId : 
        document : Document * 
        name : string -> ElementId

Return Value ElementId The Cable Type id. InvalidElementId will be returned if no Cable Type by given name.

ArgumentException

document is not a project document. -or- name cannot include prohibited characters, such as "{, }, [, ], |, ;, less-than sign, greater-than sign, ?, `, ~". -or- name is an empty string.
ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was null
InvalidOperationException

The document is in failure mode: an operation has failed, and Revit requires the user to either cancel the operation or fix the problem (usually by deleting certain elements).