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paulh

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I've been using the following code to try and get the file directory of a linked DWG file that the user has selected:

if(sel.Elements.Size == 1){    System.Collections.IEnumerator es = sel.Elements.GetEnumerator();    es.MoveNext();    Element el = es.Current as Element;    if (el !=null && el.IsExternalFileReference())    {        ExternalFileReference efr = el.GetExternalFileReference();        directory = ModelPathUtils.ConvertModelPathToUserVisiblePath(efr.GetAbsolutePath());    }}

However el.IsExternalFileReference() never returns true. Has anyone had any luck using this new API feature?

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