Reference.ConvertToStableRepresentation Method

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.3.0.0 (25.3.0.0)

Syntax

C#

public string ConvertToStableRepresentation(
	Document document
)

Parameters

document  Document

The document.

Return Value

String

Exceptions

Remarks

The stable representation can be used to preserve and restore the reference later in the same Revit session or even in a different session where the same document is present. Use ParseFromStableRepresentation(Document, String) to restore the reference. The representation is based on the internal Revit structure and is not intended to be parsed expect by ParseFromStableRepresentation(Document, String).

Example

C#

public string SerializeReference(Document doc, Reference reference)
{
    String ids = String.Empty;
    ids = reference.ConvertToStableRepresentation(doc);
    TaskDialog.Show("SerializeReference", "Representation:\n" + ids);
    return ids;
}

VB

Public Function SerializeReference(doc As Document, reference As Reference) As String
    Dim ids As [String] = [String].Empty
    ids = reference.ConvertToStableRepresentation(doc)
    TaskDialog.Show("SerializeReference", "Representation:" & vbLf + ids)
    Return ids
End Function

See Also

Reference