Creates a new FormattedText object with unformatted text.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 21.0.0.0 (21.1.1.109)
Since:  2017

Syntax

C#
public FormattedText(
	string plainText
)
Visual Basic
Public Sub New ( _
	plainText As String _
)
Visual C++
public:
FormattedText(
	String^ plainText
)

Parameters

plainText
Type: System..::..String
The text in a plain text form.

Remarks

The given text should have no more than 30,000 characters. Line feed characters ('/n') are not allowed. An empty string is allowed.

Examples

CopyC#
public void ReformatText(TextNote textNote, string textToChange)
{
    String plainText = textNote.Text;
    FormattedText formattedText = new FormattedText(plainText);

    TextRange foundRange = formattedText.Find(textToChange, 0, false, true);
    while (foundRange.Length > 0)
    {
        formattedText.SetBoldStatus(foundRange, true);
        foundRange = formattedText.Find(textToChange, foundRange.End, false, true);
    }

    textNote.SetFormattedText(formattedText);
}
CopyVB.NET
Public Sub ReformatText(textNote As TextNote, textToChange As String)
    Dim plainText As [String] = textNote.Text
    Dim formattedText As New FormattedText(plainText)

    Dim foundRange As TextRange = formattedText.Find(textToChange, 0, False, True)
    While foundRange.Length > 0
        formattedText.SetBoldStatus(foundRange, True)
        foundRange = formattedText.Find(textToChange, foundRange.[End], False, True)
    End While

    textNote.SetFormattedText(formattedText)
End Sub

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentException plainText (excluding a carriage return character ('\r') at the end) has more than 30,000 characters. -or- plainText contains invalid characters such as a newline character.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was NULL

See Also