BasicFileInfo.Extract Method

Returns an instance of BasicFileInfo filled with basic information about a Revit file located at the given file-path

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 26.4.0.0 (26.4.0.0)

Syntax

public static BasicFileInfo Extract(
	string file
)

file String: The full path to the file to be queried, including project (.rvt) and family (.rfa) files.

BasicFileInfo
If successful, basic file data.

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	A non-optional argument was null
FileArgumentNotFoundException	The file doesn't exist.
InvalidOperationException	The file is a newer format file where the structure of the BasicFileInfo storage has changed, or the file is saved in very old version of Revit without basic file data.