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Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.UI

UIApplication

Class
Description:
Represents an active session of the Autodesk Revit user interface, providing access to UI customization methods, events, the main window, and the active document.
Remarks:
You can access documents from the database level Application object, obtained from the Application property. If you have an instance of the database level Application object, you can construct a UIApplication instance from it.
Inheritance Hierarchy:
System.Object
  Autodesk.Revit.UI.UIApplication
    Autodesk.Revit.UI.Macros.ApplicationEntryPoint
Syntax 
public class UIApplication : IDisposable
UIApplication Class Members:
Name Description Inherited From
UIApplication Use a database level Application to construct a UI-level Application.
Name Description Inherited From
ActiveAddInId Get current active external application or external command id.
ActiveUIDocument Provides access to an object that represents the currently active project.
Application Returns the database level Application represented by this UI level Application.
DrawingAreaExtents Get the rectangle that represents the screen pixel coordinates of drawing area.
IsValidObject Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity.
IsViewerModeActive Determines if Revit session is in Viewer mode.
LoadedApplications Returns an array of successfully loaded external applications.
MainWindowExtents Get the rectangle that represents the screen pixel coordinates of the Revit main window.
MainWindowHandle Get the handle of the Revit main window.
ProductIsRS Identifies if the current Revit product has an RS designation. Most add-ins will not need to use this information.
Name Description Inherited From
CanPostCommand Identifies if the given command can be posted, using PostCommand(RevitCommandId) .
CreateAddInCommandBinding Creates a new AddInCommandBinding.
CreateRibbonPanel(String) Create a new RibbonPanel on the Add-Ins tab.
CreateRibbonPanel(String, String) Create a new RibbonPanel on the specified tab.
CreateRibbonPanel(Tab, String) Create a new RibbonPanel on the designated standard Revit tab.
CreateRibbonTab Creates a new tab on the Revit user interface.
Dispose Releases all resources used by the UIApplication
DoDragDrop(ICollection<String>) Initiates a drag and drop operation of a collection of file names on the Revit user interface.
DoDragDrop(Object, IDropHandler) Initiates a drag and drop operation with a custom drop implementation.
Equals Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object ) Object
GetDockablePane Gets a DockablePane object by its ID.
GetHashCode Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object ) Object
GetRibbonPanels() Get all the custom Panels on Add-Ins tab of Revit.
GetRibbonPanels(String) Get all the custom Panels on a designated Revit tab.
GetRibbonPanels(Tab) Get all the custom Panels on a designated standard Revit tab.
GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object ) Object
LoadAddIn Loads add-ins from the given manifest file.
LoadPackageContents Loads add-ins from the given packageContents.xml file.
OpenAndActivateDocument(String) Opens and activates a Revit document.
OpenAndActivateDocument(ModelPath, OpenOptions, Boolean) Opens and activates a Revit document, include both local document or cloud document.
OpenAndActivateDocument(ModelPath, OpenOptions, Boolean, IOpenFromCloudCallback) Opens and activates a Revit document, include both local document or cloud document.
PostCommand Posts the command to the Revit message queue to be invoked when control returns from the current API context.
RegisterContextMenu Adds a new context menu creator.
RegisterDockablePane Adds a new dockable pane to the Revit user interface.
RemoveAddInCommandBinding Removes an AddInCommandBinding.
ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object ) Object
Name Description Inherited From
ApplicationClosing Subscribe to the ApplicationClosing event to be notified when the Revit application is just about to be closed.
DialogBoxShowing Subscribe to the DialogBoxShowing event to be notified when Revit is just about to show a dialog box or a message box.
DisplayingOptionsDialog Subscribe to the options dialog displaying event to be notified when Revit options dialog is displaying.
DockableFrameFocusChanged Subscribe to this event to be notified when a Revit GenericDockableFrame has gained focus or lost focus in the Revit user interface. This event is called only for API-created GenericDockableFrames.
DockableFrameVisibilityChanged Subscribe to this event to be notified when a Revit GenericDockableFrame has been shown or hidden in the Revit user interface. This event is called only for API-created GenericDockableFrames.
FabricationPartBrowserChanged Subscribe to MEP Fabrication part browser changed event to be notified when MEP Fabrication part browser is updated.
FormulaEditing Subscribe to the FormulaEditing event to be notified when the edit formula button has been clicked.
Idling Subscribe to the Idling event to be notified when Revit is not in an active tool or transaction.
MacroUpdated MacroUpdated.
SelectionChanged Subscribe to the SelectionChanged event to be notified after the selection was changed.
ThemeChanged Subscribe to the ThemeChanged event to be notified after the theme was changed.
TransferredProjectStandards Subscribe to the TransferredProjectStandards event to be notified after the scope of a Transfer Project Standards operation has been finalized.
TransferringProjectStandards Subscribe to the TransferringProjectStandards event to be notified before the scope of an impending Transfer Project Standards operation has been finalized in the Transfer Project Standards dialog.
ViewActivated Subscribe to the ViewActivated event to be notified immediately after Revit has finished activating a view of a document.
ViewActivating Subscribe to the ViewActivating event to be notified when Revit is just about to activate a view of a document.