Adds an external resource to the folder path by supplying the resource name, version and reference information.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 21.0.0.0 (21.1.1.109)
Since:  2015

Syntax

C#
public void AddResource(
	string resourceName,
	string version,
	IDictionary<string, string> referenceInformation
)
Visual Basic
Public Sub AddResource ( _
	resourceName As String, _
	version As String, _
	referenceInformation As IDictionary(Of String, String) _
)
Visual C++
public:
void AddResource(
	String^ resourceName, 
	String^ version, 
	IDictionary<String^, String^>^ referenceInformation
)

Parameters

resourceName
Type: System..::..String
The unique short name of external resource.
version
Type: System..::..String
The version of external resource.
referenceInformation
Type: System.Collections.Generic..::..IDictionary<(Of <(<'String, String>)>)>
The (String, String) map containing reference or lookup information that will be stored in Revit.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentException The resourceName is not a valid resource name used to display in Revit external resource browse UI. The name should be a unique non-empty short name and it should not contain any invalid character of \\/:*?"<>|. The length of combined path(server name + folder path + resourceName) should not exceeds 259.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was NULL

See Also