View extensible storage data in revit

[Anonymous]

Hello guys,

I have followed this tutorial Extensible Storage Tutorial, to add some data (E.g. url) to a wall in a project. I was successfully able to save the data and retrieve it within Revit API. Now, my question is if there's a way how to view the added data to the wall in the graphic interface of Revit? in other words, is it possible to view added data to elements using Extensible Storage in Revit in normal user mode?

I hope my question is not too silly, am new to the field.

thank you in advance.

Note: am using Revit 2018.

[matthew_taylor · Accepted solution]

Hello,

If you wanted to view the data in a dialog, then a TaskDialog (or a custom form/dialog) would work.

If you wanted to view the data as a tooltip, then something like Jeremy's WinToolTip would probably work nicely. (http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2017/01/uiview-windows-coordinate-referenceintersector-tool...)

[Anonymous]

Hello Matthew,

That's definitely a good idea, I didn't think of this possibility as I was thinking there was already some functionality implemented in Revit's elements to view extensible storage.

Thank you so much for your help.

Regards.