I think the attached code as a single command shows what I ran into. It is long winded but I think this is the reproducible example you ask for as single cut and paste.
I cannot create a shaggy view name (text with trailing whitespace) using the Revit UI (talking 2016) and nor in code using "view.Name". For days I have been thinking I must have imagined seeing the Revit UI clearly showing a shaggy view name! It can be done in code using "view.ViewName".
To run the test, first create a floor plan view named "Find View With This Name". The test renames this view as "Find View With This ". Notice the trailing space.
[Transaction(TransactionMode.Manual)]
public class ShaggyNameTest : IExternalCommand {
public Result Execute(
ExternalCommandData commandData,
ref string message,
ElementSet elements) {
try {
UIApplication uiapp = commandData.Application;
UIDocument uidoc = uiapp.ActiveUIDocument;
Application app = uiapp.Application;
Document doc = uidoc.Document;
try {
ViewType desiredViewType = ViewType.FloorPlan;
String msgT = "ShaggyNameTest";
String theName = "Find View With This Name";
String theNName = "Find View With This ";
string msg = string.Empty;
msg = "About to look for a view named: \n\n";
msg += theName + "\t| length: " + theName.Length.ToString() + "\n\n";
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(msg, msgT);
Autodesk.Revit.DB.View theView = (from v in new FilteredElementCollector(doc)
.OfClass(typeof(Autodesk.Revit.DB.View))
.Cast<Autodesk.Revit.DB.View>()
where v.ViewType == desiredViewType && v.Name == theName
select v)
.FirstOrDefault();
msg = "Result using v.Name == theName\n";
msg += "When theName is => " + theName + "\t| length: " + theName.Length.ToString() + "\n\n";
if (theView != null) {
msg += "Found view => " + theName + "\t| length: " + theName.Length.ToString() + "\n";
msg += "View.Name => " + theView.Name + "\t| length: " + theView.Name.Length.ToString() + "\n\n";
msg += "(theView == null).ToString() => " + (theView == null).ToString();
} else {
msg += "Not Found view => " + theName + "\t| length: " + theName.Length.ToString() + "\n\n";
msg += "(theView == null).ToString() => " + (theView == null).ToString();
}
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(msg, msgT);
msg = "Now renaming the view using View.ViewName to: \n\n";
msg += theNName + "\t| length: " + theName.Length.ToString() + "\n\n";
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(msg, msgT);
using (Transaction tr = new Transaction(doc, "ShaggyNameTest")) {
tr.Start();
theView.ViewName = theNName;
tr.Commit();
}
msg = "Using v.Name == theNName\n\nAbout to look for a view named: \n\n";
msg += theNName + "\t| length: " + theName.Length.ToString() + "\n\n";
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(msg, msgT);
theView = (from v in new FilteredElementCollector(doc)
.OfClass(typeof(Autodesk.Revit.DB.View))
.Cast<Autodesk.Revit.DB.View>()
where v.ViewType == desiredViewType && v.Name == theNName
select v)
.FirstOrDefault();
msg = "Result using v.Name == theNName\n";
msg += "When theNName is => " + theNName + "\t| length: " + theNName.Length.ToString() + "\n\n";
if (theView != null) {
msg += "Found view => " + theNName + "\t| length: " + theNName.Length.ToString();
msg += "\n" + "View.Name => " + theView.Name + "\t| length: " + theView.Name.Length.ToString() + "\n\n";
msg += "(theView == null).ToString() => " + (theView == null).ToString();
} else {
msg += "Not Found view => " + theNName + "\t| length: " + theName.Length.ToString() + "\n\n";
msg += "(theView == null).ToString() => " + (theView == null).ToString();
}
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(msg, msgT);
msg = "Using v.Name == theNName.Trim()\n\nAbout to look for a view named: \n\n";
msg += theNName + "\t| length: " + theName.Length.ToString() + "\n\n";
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(msg, msgT);
theView = (from v in new FilteredElementCollector(doc)
.OfClass(typeof(Autodesk.Revit.DB.View))
.Cast<Autodesk.Revit.DB.View>()
where v.ViewType == desiredViewType && v.Name == theNName.Trim()
select v)
.FirstOrDefault();
msg = "Result using v.Name == theNName.Trim()\n";
msg += "When theNName is => " + theNName + "\t| length: " + theNName.Length.ToString() + "\n\n";
if (theView != null) {
msg += "Found view => " + theName + "\t| length: " + theName.Length.ToString();
msg += "\n" + "View.Name => " + theView.Name + "\t| length: " + theView.Name.Length.ToString() + "\n\n";
msg += "(theView == null).ToString() => " + (theView == null).ToString();
} else {
msg += "Not Found view => " + theName + "\t| length: " + theName.Length.ToString() + "\n\n";
msg += "(theView == null).ToString() => " + (theView == null).ToString();
}
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(msg, msgT);
} catch (Exception ee) {
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Inner Try error\n\n" + ee.Message,
"ShaggyNameTest Err",
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons.OK,
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon.Information);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Outer Try error\n\n" + e.Message,
"ShaggyNameTest Err",
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons.OK,
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon.Information);
}
return Result.Succeeded;
}
} // end ShaggyNameTest
