ExternalResourceReference.GetResourceShortDisplayName

Public Class

Gets the short display name of the external resource.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB

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

Syntax

public string GetResourceShortDisplayName()

Return Value

String
The short display name of the external resource.

Exceptions

Exception

Condition

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InvalidOperationException

The ExternalResourceReference (this ExternalResourceReference) is has no valid display path.

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Remarks

For an external resource, such as a Rvt Link loaded from an external server, which has a full display path such as “My Server://Nested/Nested_1.rvt”, this function returns “Nested_1.rvt”. For an external resource, such as a Rvt Link loaded from the “built-in” server, which has a full display path such as “c:\LocalLinks\Link_1.rvt”, this function returns “Link_1.rvt”.