UpdateExternalRefe rence

Introduced

6.0

Description

Sets all paths of external references used by a given target. The paths to feed into this command are a comma delimited string of all the paths used.

Note: UpdateExternalReference does not work for expressions, please use EditExpr to update expressions.

Scripting Syntax

    UpdateExternalReference( Target, InputObjs )

Parameters

Parameter | Type | Description
Target | String | Parameter value to retrieve.
InputObjs | String | Paths to set.

Return Value

String

Examples

JScript Example

    /*
       Demonstrates how to use UpdateExternalReference to update all external reference paths
    */
    var coll = GetExternalReferences();
    for ( var i=0; i<coll.Count; i++ ) {
       var paths = InspectExternalReference( coll(i) );
       paths = paths.replace( "ModelA", "ModelB" );
       UpdateExternalReference( coll(i), paths );
    }

See Also

GetExternalReferences | InspectExternalReference

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