FileOpenDialog not returning selected file path

[Anonymous]

This question relates to API version: Revit 2019 API (RevitAPI 19.0.0.0 and RevitAPIUI 19.0.0.0).

Hi all,

When I use FileOpenDialog to let the user select a file, and when ItemSelectionDialogResult is ItemSelectionDialogResult.Confirmed, getting the actual file path does not seem possible.

API documentation lists GetSelectedModelPath as the method which returns ModelPath:

FileOpenDialog Members

Public method

GetSelectedModelPath

Returns the selected file path chosen by the user. (Inherited from FileDialog)

However, ModelPath has no properties which actually contain the file path:

ModelPath Members

Public property	CentralServerPath	A path to the location of the central Revit server.
Public property	CloudPath	Whether this path represents a path on an Autodesk server such as BIM360.
Public property	Empty	Whether this path is empty
Public property	IsValidObject	Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity.
Public property	ServerPath	Whether this path is a server path (as opposed to a file path or cloud path)

Has this been overlooked in the API version I am using or am I missing something? 

Thank you.

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[aignatovich · Accepted solution]

Hi!

You can use ModelPathUtils.ConvertModelPathToUserVisiblePath static method to retrieve this.

[Anonymous]

Thank you, this is exactly what I needed.