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AddResource Method (String, IDictionary(String, String))

Adds an external resource to the folder path by supplying the resource name and reference information.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 24.0.0.0 (24.0.0.0)
Since:  2015

Syntax

C#
public void AddResource(
	string resourceName,
	IDictionary<string, string> referenceInformation
)
Visual Basic
Public Sub AddResource ( _
	resourceName As String, _
	referenceInformation As IDictionary(Of String, String) _
)
Visual C++
public:
void AddResource(
	String^ resourceName, 
	IDictionary<String^, String^>^ referenceInformation
)

Parameters

resourceName
Type: SystemString
The unique short name of external resource.
referenceInformation
Type: System.Collections.GenericIDictionaryString, String
The (String, String) map containing reference or lookup information that will be stored in Revit.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
Autodesk.Revit.ExceptionsArgumentException The resourceName is not a valid resource name used to display in Revit external resource browse UI. The name should be a unique non-empty short name and it should not contain any invalid character of \\/:*?"<>|. The length of combined path(server name + folder path + resourceName) should not exceeds 259.
Autodesk.Revit.ExceptionsArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was null

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