CreateReference Method (Database, String, String, DataShortcutEntityType)

Create Data Reference entity at host drawing according to host database, source drawing file name, entity name and Data Shortcut entity type.

Namespace: Autodesk.Civil.DataShortcuts
Assembly: AeccDataShortcutMgd (in AeccDataShortcutMgd.dll) Version: 13.2.3892.0

Syntax

C#

public static ObjectIdCollection CreateReference(
	Database hostDrawing,
	string sourceDrawingFilename,
	string entityName,
	DataShortcutEntityType dsEntityType
)

Visual Basic

Public Shared Function CreateReference ( _
	hostDrawing As Database, _
	sourceDrawingFilename As String, _
	entityName As String, _
	dsEntityType As DataShortcutEntityType _
) As ObjectIdCollection

Visual C++

public:
static ObjectIdCollection^ CreateReference(
	Database^ hostDrawing, 
	String^ sourceDrawingFilename, 
	String^ entityName, 
	DataShortcutEntityType dsEntityType
)

Parameters

hostDrawing: Type: Database
Host Database. The reference entity will be created in this database.

sourceDrawingFilename: Type: System.String
Source drawing file name.

entityName: Type: System.String
Source entity name.

dsEntityType: Type: Autodesk.Civil.DataShortcuts.DataShortcutEntityType
Data Shortcut entity type.

Return Value

The Data Reference object ID;

Examples

This example shows how to call this method.

CopyC#

1ObjectIdCollection^ objectIds = DataShortcuts.CreateReference(hostDrawing, sourceDrawingFilename, entityName, DataShortcutEntityType.Alignment);