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UIApplication.OpenAndActivateDocument

Description:
Opens and activates a Revit 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

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
)

member OpenAndActivateDocument : 
        fileName : string -> UIDocument

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 UIDocument The opened document.

ArgumentException

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

Ifis passed as 'fileName'. -or- A non-optional argument was null
FileArgumentNotFoundException

The file specified by 'fileName' cannot be found.
InvalidOperationException

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

If there is any server internal error.