GetDescriptionText Method


Failure Definition Accessor Get Description Text Method

Retrieves the description text of the failure.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)
Syntax
public string GetDescriptionText()

Return Value

String
The description text.
Exceptions
Exception Condition
InvalidOperationException The FailureDefinitionAccessor has not been properly initialized.
Remarks
Retrieved description text for built-in Revit failures is localized. The result may vary from the description text retrieved from the corresponding FailureMessage. A failure definition contains a description string, that may have format specifiers like %s, and "sample" strings, that will be used to resolve them. A FailureMessage will contain "specific" strings. So, in the failure definition description "Cannot keep %s joined" will be converted into "Cannot keep Element joined" while the description in actual FailureMessage will read "Cannot keep Walls joined" or "Cannot keep Beams joined"
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