TeklaStructuresSettingsGetAdvancedOptionPaths Method

public static bool GetAdvancedOptionPaths(
	string advancedOption,
	out List<string> paths,
	TeklaStructuresSettingsInvalidPathCallback errorHandler = null
)

Public Shared Function GetAdvancedOptionPaths ( 
	advancedOption As String,
	<OutAttribute> ByRef paths As List(Of String),
	Optional errorHandler As TeklaStructuresSettingsInvalidPathCallback = Nothing
) As Boolean

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using Tekla.Structures;

public class Example
{
    <summary>An example GetAdvancedOptionPaths error callback which logs any advanced option path error.</summary><param name="advancedOpt">The advanced option being processed when the error occurred.</param><param name="invalidString">The invalid string if identified.</param><param name="exceptionMessage">The exception message if an exception was thrown when converting the string to a path.</param>
    public static void MyGetAdvancedOptionPathsErrorCallback(string advancedOpt, string invalidString, string exceptionMessage)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(
            string.Format(
                "The advanced option path string {0} could not be read correctly. Some or all of its content(s) will be ignored.",
                advancedOption));

        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(invalidString))
        {
            Console.WriteLine("The invalid string is: " + invalidString);
        }

        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(exceptionMessage))
        {
            Console.WriteLine("The exception message is: " + exceptionMessage);
        }
    }

    <summary>Tries to get the first existing instance of a specified file name from the firm, 
    project or system folders.</summary><param name="fileName">Name of the file.</param><param name="filePath">The file path of the first file found.</param><returns>True if successful; otherwise false.</returns>
    public static bool TryGetFileInFirmProjectOrSystemFolders(string fileName, out string filePath)
    {
        filePath = null;
        var advancedOptions = new List<string> { "XS_FIRM", "XS_PROJECT", "XS_SYSTEM" };
        foreach (var advancedOption in advancedOptions)
        {
            List<string> paths;
            if (!TeklaStructuresSettings.GetAdvancedOptionPaths(
                advancedOption,
                out paths,
                MyGetAdvancedOptionPathsErrorCallback))
            {
                continue;
            }

            foreach (var path in paths)
            {
                var fileToFind = Path.Combine(path, fileName);
                if (File.Exists(fileToFind))
                {
                    filePath = fileToFind;
                    return true;
                }
            }
        }

        return false;
    }
}