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

Create Data Reference entity at host drawing according to host database, source database entity name of source drawing 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,
	Database sourceDrawing,
	string entityName,
	DataShortcutEntityType dsEntityType
)

VB

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

C++

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

Parameters

hostDrawing  Database

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

sourceDrawing  Database

Source database point to source drawing.

entityName  String

Source entity name.

dsEntityType  DataShortcutEntityType

Data Shortcut entity type.

Return Value

ObjectIdCollection
The Data Reference entity and sub-entity IDs.

Exceptions

Example

This example shows how to call this method.

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

See Also

Reference