DataFiles Object

Derived from: Base Object
Defined in namespace "adsk::core" and the header file is <Core/Dashboard/DataFiles.h>

Description

Returns the items within a folder. This includes everything in a folder except for other folders.

Methods

Name Description
asArray Get the current list of all files.
classType Static function that all classes support that returns the type of the class as a string. The returned string matches the string returned by the objectType property. For example if you have a reference to an object and you want to check if it's a SketchLine you can use myObject.objectType == fusion.SketchLine.classType().
item Returns the specified data file.
itemById Returns the file specified using the ID or version ID of the file.

Properties

Name Description
count The number of data items in this collection.
isValid Indicates if this object is still valid, i.e. hasn't been deleted or some other action done to invalidate the reference.
objectType This property is supported by all objects in the API and returns a string that contains the full name (namespace::objecttype) describing the type of the object.

It's often useful to use this in combination with the classType method to see if an object is a certain type. For example: if obj.objectType == adsk.core.Point3D.classType():

Accessed From

DataFile.childReferences, DataFile.parentReferences, DataFile.versions, DataFolder.dataFiles, DesignDataFile.childReferences, DesignDataFile.parentReferences, DesignDataFile.versions

Version

Introduced in version January 2015