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: 13.8.0.280

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

Example

This example shows how to call this method.

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

See Also

Reference