DataShortcuts.CreateReference(Database, String, String, DataShortcutEntityType) Method

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: 13.8.0.1516

Syntax

C#

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

VB

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

C++

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

Parameters

hostDrawing Database: Host Database. The reference entity will be created in this database.
sourceDrawingFilename String: Source drawing file name.
entityName String: Source entity name.
dsEntityType DataShortcutEntityType: Data Shortcut entity type.

Return Value

ObjectIdCollection
The Data Reference object ID.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
	System::ArgumentNullException, System::ArgumentException

Example

This example shows how to call this method.

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