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FillPattern.ExportToPAT

Description:
Export a list of FillPatterns to an AutoCAD PAT file.

Remarks:

The built-in Solid Fill pattern cannot be expressed in this format.

The PAT file format is ASCII based. FillPatterns with names that contain non-ASCII characters will be exported as 'Pattern_###'. The original name is exported in the description field of the PAT format, encoded as UTF-8.

public static bool ExportToPAT(
	IList<FillPattern> fillPatterns,
	string filename
)

Public Shared Function ExportToPAT ( 
	fillPatterns As IList(Of FillPattern),
	filename As String
) As Boolean

public:
static bool ExportToPAT(
	IList<FillPattern^>^ fillPatterns, 
	String^ filename
)

static member ExportToPAT : 
        fillPatterns : IList<FillPattern> * 
        filename : string -> bool

IList<FillPattern>

fillPatterns

A list of FillPatterns to export.
String

filename

The full path of the file to export to.

Return Value Boolean True if all patterns were exported successfully, False if export of any pattern failed.

ArgumentException

filename is an empty string. -or- fillPatterns is empty. -or- fillPatterns contains the solid fill pattern.
ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was null
FileArgumentAlreadyExistsException

filename is pointing to a folder that already exists and cannot be deleted.
InvalidPathArgumentException

The destination file name includes one or more invalid characters.