Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB Class: BasicFileInfo

BasicFileInfo.Extract

Method

Description:
Returns an instance of BasicFileInfo filled with basic information about a Revit file located at the given file-path

Syntax

public static BasicFileInfo Extract(
	string file
)

Public Shared Function Extract ( 
	file As String
) As BasicFileInfo

public:
static BasicFileInfo^ Extract(
	String^ file
)

static member Extract : 
        file : string -> BasicFileInfo

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
file	String	The full path to the file to be queried, including project (.rvt) and family (.rfa) files.

Return Value

Type	Description
BasicFileInfo	If successful, basic file data.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	A non-optional argument was null
FileArgumentNotFoundException	The file doesn't exist.
InvalidOperationException	The file is a newer format file where the structure of the BasicFileInfo storage has changed, or the file is saved in very old version of Revit without basic file data.