TeklaStructuresFilesLocateFile Method

This method locates a file in the specified search directories. The first found file will be returned. If the file is not found in the search directories, it will return false and the out parameter will be empty.

Namespace: Tekla.Structures
Assembly: Tekla.Structures (in Tekla.Structures.dll) Version: 2026.0.0-alpha00057080+93cd22c410a086ecc356b7088d4daaf2e12907eb

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public static bool LocateFile(
	List<string> searchDirectories,
	string fileName,
	out string absoluteFileName
)

Public Shared Function LocateFile ( 
	searchDirectories As List(Of String),
	fileName As String,
	<OutAttribute> ByRef absoluteFileName As String
) As Boolean

Parameters

searchDirectories: Type: System.Collections.GenericListString
list of search directories
fileName: Type: SystemString
filename to search
absoluteFileName: Type: SystemString
output path if located

Return Value

Type: Boolean
true if found, false if not

Reference

TeklaStructuresFiles Class

Tekla.Structures Namespace

TeklaStructuresFilesAddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LST2AEE08B5_0?cpp=::|nu=.");LocateFile Method

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Reference

TeklaStructuresFilesLocateFile Method