OnStartup - Setting Workset

[Anonymous]

I would like the workset dialog to open when a workshared file is opened.

Is this possible?

[jeremytammik]

Sorry for the rather late answer  🙂

I just discovered this post, and other information that I thought I would add here in case others happen to encounter it as well.

A read-only workset API was introduced in Revit 2012:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2011/11/read-only-workset-api.html

The full read-write workset API was introduced in Revit 2015 R2:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2015/02/revit-2015-r2-and-the-read-write-workset-api.html

You can use the WorksetTable.SetActiveWorksetId method to activate a workset:

http://www.revitapidocs.com/2018.1/9f11d796-ca5c-93d9-51e1-67cf8da9baf2.htm

For more details on exactly what you can and cannot achieve with worksets while opening a document, please refer to this discussion in the Revit API discussion forum:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/openandactivatedocument-central-model-change-open-wor...

I hope this helps.

Oh, and re-reading your question again, I also assume that you might be able to use PostCommand in the DocumentOpened event to launch the built-in Revit workset dialogue on opening a model.

Best regards,

Jeremy