Application Open Document File(String) Method

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
)

Public Function OpenDocumentFile ( 
	fileName As String
) As Document

public:
Document^ OpenDocumentFile(
	String^ fileName
)

member OpenDocumentFile : 
        fileName : string -> Document

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.