Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB Class: Document

Document.Import(String, GBXMLImportOptions)

Method

Description:
Imports a Green-Building XML file into the document.

Remarks:
This method is available only in MEP. Though the 'options' argument is not currently used, an object still must be provided (may be null). The method will return False if not succeed. e.g when the input xml file does not contain any result elements.

Syntax

public bool Import(
	string file,
	GBXMLImportOptions options
)

Public Function Import ( 
	file As String,
	options As GBXMLImportOptions
) As Boolean

public:
bool Import(
	String^ file, 
	GBXMLImportOptions^ options
)

member Import : 
        file : string * 
        options : GBXMLImportOptions -> bool

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
file	String	Full path of the file to import. File must exist.
options	GBXMLImportOptions	Various options applicable to GBXml import. If <span class="keyword"><span data-languagespecifictext="cpp=nullptr\|vb=Nothing\|nu=null" id="LST9ABFE48D_1"></span></span>, all options will be set to their respective default values.

Return Value

Type	Description
Boolean	True if successful, otherwise False.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when file argument isor empty.
FileNotFoundException	Thrown when the file specified does not exist.
ArgumentException	Thrown when no file is specified or if the file is not a valid gbXML file or does not contain any result elements.