Error in ExternalDefinitionCreationOptions

[helsted]

Hi

I'm trying to define a new instance of an ExternalDefinitionCreationOptions(string name, ForgeTypeId dataType):

string name = "Psi"
ForgeTypeId dataType = new ForgeTypeId("Number");

ExternalDefinitionCreationOptions options = new ExternalDefinitionCreationOptions(defName, dataType);

This works when I'm using the now-deprecated ParameterType.Number instead of ForgeTypeId. However, currently I'm getting this message:

I have little experience with ForgeTypeId. Am I using the class wrong?

[jeremy_tammik · Accepted solution]

Look at the ForgeTypeId constructor documentation:

https://www.revitapidocs.com/2022/4777ba3d-8f1e-399c-8f3a-cca084b2d42b.htm

It constructs a ForgeTypeId holding the given schema identifier.

"Number" is not a valid  schema identifier. You can see a sample using ExternalDefinitionCreationOptions with a ForgeTypeId in The Building Coder samples CmdCreateSharedParams.cs:

https://github.com/jeremytammik/the_building_coder_samples

Basically, it uses:

  ForgeTypeId _deftype = SpecTypeId.Number;
  var opt = new ExternalDefinitionCreationOptions( defname, _deftype);
  definition = group.Definitions.Create(opt);

[helsted]

Hi Jeremy

Thank you very much - that worked perfectly!

Kind regards
Mathias