Returns an instance of BasicFileInfo filled with basic information about a Revit file located at the given file-path

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 24.0.0.0 (24.0.0.0)
Since: 2013

Syntax

C#
`public static BasicFileInfo Extract( string file )`

Visual Basic
`Public Shared Function Extract ( _ file As String _ ) As BasicFileInfo`

Visual C++
`public: static BasicFileInfo^ Extract( String^ file )`

file: Type: SystemString
The full path to the file to be queried, including project (.rvt) and family (.rfa) files.

If successful, basic file data.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
Autodesk.Revit.ExceptionsArgumentNullException	A non-optional argument was null
Autodesk.Revit.ExceptionsFileArgumentNotFoundException	The file doesn't exist.
Autodesk.Revit.ExceptionsInvalidOperationException	The file is a newer format file where the structure of the BasicFileInfo storage has changed, or the file is saved in very old version of Revit without basic file data.