Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB Class: ElementId

ElementId.TryParse

Method

Description:
Parse the string representation of the id into a corresponding ElementId.

Remarks:
If the string represents [!:Autodesk::Revit::DB::Element::InvalidElementId] the id will contain it upon return. If the parse fails, the id will be undefined.

Syntax

public static bool TryParse(
	string idStr,
	out ElementId id
)

Public Shared Function TryParse ( 
	idStr As String,
	<OutAttribute> ByRef id As ElementId
) As Boolean

public:
static bool TryParse(
	String^ idStr, 
	[OutAttribute] ElementId^% id
)

static member TryParse : 
        idStr : string * 
        id : ElementId byref -> bool

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
idStr	String	The string representation of the id to return.
id	ElementId	Out parameter set to the ElementId represented by the string.

Return Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true if the string was successfully parsed into an ElementId, false otherwise.