Revit 2025.3 API
Transaction(Document, String) Constructor |
Instantiates a transaction object
Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.3.0.0 (25.3.0.0)
Syntax
public Transaction( Document document, string name )
Public Sub New ( document As Document, name As String )
public: Transaction( Document^ document, String^ name )
new : document : Document * name : string -> Transaction
Parameters
- document Document
- The document for which this transaction is going to be used.
- name String
- The name of the transaction. This name will appear in the undo menu once the transaction is successfully committed. The name must not be empty. The name can be reset later by either calling SetName(String) or by using the name argument in the Start(String) method.

Exception | Condition |
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ArgumentException | The name argument is an empty string. -or- Document is a linked file. Transactions can only be used in primary documents (projects or families.) |
ArgumentNullException | A non-optional argument was null |

The transaction does not start by creating a transaction object.
One of the 'Start' methods will need to be called in order to start
this transaction.
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