Documents.open Method

Parent Object: Documents
Defined in namespace "adsk::core" and the header file is <Core/Application/Documents.h>

Description

Opens an item that has previously been saved.

Syntax

Python
C++

"documents_var" is a variable referencing a Documents object.

# Uses no optional arguments.
returnValue = documents_var.open(dataFile)

# Uses optional arguments.
returnValue = documents_var.open(dataFile, visible)

Return Value

Type	Description
Document	Returns the open document or null if the open failed.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
dataFile	DataFile	The item to open.
visible	boolean	Specifies if the document should be opened visibly or not. This is an optional argument whose default value is True.

Version

Introduced in version March 2015