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Application.OpenDocumentFile(String)

Public Class

Opens a document from disk.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.ApplicationServices

Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

public Document OpenDocumentFile(
string fileName
)

Parameters

fileNameString

The file to be opened.

Return Value

Document
The opened document.

Exceptions

Exception

Condition


ArgumentException

The fileName to be opened is empty.


ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was null


CannotOpenBothCentralAndLocalException

Cannot open the local model and the central model in the same Revit session. You can close one to open the other in the same Revit session.


CentralModelException

Revit encountered serious errors while trying to open the central model.


CorruptModelException

There are too many corrupt elements to open this model.


FileAccessException

File cannot be opened in Revit LT because it was last saved in a version of Revit prior to 8.1. -or- File has an invalid extension. Try changing the file’s extension and opening it again.


FileNotFoundException

The fileName to be opened doesn’t exist. -or- File Not Found


InsufficientResourcesException

This computer does not have enough memory, disk space, or other necessary resource to open the model.


InvalidOperationException

Open is temporarily disabled. -or- The document can not be opened.


OperationCanceledException

Opening was canceled by the user or by an API event callback.


Remarks

This method opens the document into memory but does not make it visible to the user in any way.