Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB Class: Document

Document.Close(Boolean)

Method

Description:
Closes the document with the option to save.

Remarks:
The currently active document may not be closed by this function. It can only be closed via Revit's UI.

Syntax

public bool Close(
	bool saveModified
)

Public Function Close ( 
	saveModified As Boolean
) As Boolean

public:
bool Close(
	bool saveModified
)

member Close : 
        saveModified : bool -> bool

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
saveModified	Boolean	Indicates if the current document should be saved before close operation.

Return Value

Type	Description
Boolean	False if closing procedure fails or if saving of a modified document was requested (saveModified = True) but failed. Also returns False if closing is cancelled by an external application during 'DocumentClosing' event. When function succeeds, True is returned.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidOperationException	Thrown when attempting to close the currently active document. Thrown if there are any transactions, sub-transactions or transaction groups which were opened by the API code, and not closed. All of these items must be handled before attempting to close the document. Thrown if saveModified is 'true' and the PathName is not set yet. Thrown if saveModified is 'true' and the saving target file is read only.
InvalidOperationException	Thrown if this a linked file.

Exception

Condition

InvalidOperationException

Thrown when attempting to close the currently active document. Thrown if there are any transactions, sub-transactions or transaction groups which were opened by the API code, and not closed. All of these items must be handled before attempting to close the document. Thrown if saveModified is 'true' and the PathName is not set yet. Thrown if saveModified is 'true' and the saving target file is read only.

InvalidOperationException

Thrown if this a linked file.