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Transaction(Document, String)

Public Constructor

Instantiates a transaction object

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB

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

Syntax

public Transaction(
  Document document,
  string name
)

Parameters

document Document

The document for which this transaction is going to be used.

nameString

The name of the transaction. This name will appear in the undo menu once the transaction is successfully committed. The name must not be empty. The name can be reset later by either calling SetName(String) or by using the name argument in the Start(String) method.

Exceptions

Exception

Condition

ArgumentException

The name argument is an empty string. -or- Document is a linked file. Transactions can only be used in primary documents (projects or families.)

ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was null

Remarks

The transaction does not start by creating a transaction object. One of the ‘Start’ methods will need to be called in order to start this transaction.