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PathName Property (IExternalReference)

Gets or sets the path of the external reference.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Property PathName As System.String
C# 
System.string PathName {get; set;}
JavaScript 
get_PathName () : String
put_PathName (
   NewVal : String
)
COM native C++ 
HRESULT get_PathName(
   BSTR* Val
) 
HRESULT put_PathName( 
   BSTR NewVal
C++ 
DSRESULT get_PathName (
   dsString* Val
)
DSRESULT put_PathName(
   const dsString& NewVal
)

Property Value

Path of the external reference

Example

This code snippet shows how to get the external references and their names and paths.

COM native C++

_variant_t pVariantArray = dsDoc->GetExternalReferences();
    if( V_VT( &pVariantArray ) != VT_EMPTY )
    {
        IExternalReferencePtr *ExtRef = NULL;
        int countOfExtRef = 0;
        TypeConverter::convertVariantArrayToPtrArray<IExternalReferencePtr, IExternalReference>( pVariantArray, ExtRef, countOfExtRef );

          bstr_t xRefPath = ExtRef[i]->GetPathName();
     }
     delete[] ExtRef;

See Also

Availability

DraftSight V1R1


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