EditPoint.LineCharOffset Property

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Gets the character offset of the EditPoint object.

public:
 property int LineCharOffset { int get(); };

public:
 property int LineCharOffset { int get(); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(12)]
public int LineCharOffset { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(12)] get; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(12)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(12)>]
member this.LineCharOffset : int

Public ReadOnly Property LineCharOffset As Integer

Property Value

Int32

An integer value indicating the character offset of the EditPoint object.

Implements

LineCharOffset

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

Examples

Sub LineCharOffsetExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)  

    ' Create a new text file.  
    dte.ItemOperations.NewFile()  

    ' Create an EditPoint at the start of the new document.  
    Dim doc As TextDocument =   
        CType(dte.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument"), TextDocument)  
    Dim point As EditPoint = doc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint  

    Dim i As Integer  

    ' Insert 10 lines of text.  
    For i = 1 To 10  
        point.Insert("This is a test." & vbCrLf)  
    Next  

    ' Display EditPoint properties.  
    MsgBox( _  
        "AbsoluteCharOffset: " & point.AbsoluteCharOffset & vbCrLf & _  
        "LineCharOffset: " & point.LineCharOffset & vbCrLf & _  
        "DisplayColumn: " & point.DisplayColumn & vbCrLf & _  
        "AtEndOfDocument: " & point.AtEndOfDocument & vbCrLf & _  
        "AtEndOfLine: " & point.AtEndOfLine & vbCrLf & _  
        "AtStartOfDocument: " & point.AtStartOfDocument & vbCrLf & _  
        "AtStartOfLine: " & point.AtStartOfLine)  

End Sub  

public void LineCharOffsetExample(DTE2 dte)  
{  
    // Create a new text file.  
    dte.ItemOperations.NewFile(@"General\Text File", "",   
        Constants.vsViewKindPrimary);  

    // Create an EditPoint at the start of the new document.  
    TextDocument doc =   
        (TextDocument)dte.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument");  
    EditPoint point = doc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint();  

    // Insert 10 lines of text.  
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)  
        point.Insert("This is a test.\n");  

    // Display EditPoint properties.  
    MessageBox.Show(  
        "AbsoluteCharOffset: " + point.AbsoluteCharOffset + "\n" +   
        "LineCharOffset: " + point.LineCharOffset + "\n" +  
        "AtEndOfDocument: " + point.AtEndOfDocument + "\n" +   
        "AtEndOfLine: " + point.AtEndOfLine + "\n" +   
        "AtStartOfDocument: " + point.AtStartOfDocument + "\n" +   
        "AtStartOfLine: " + point.AtStartOfLine);  
}  

Remarks

Character numbering begins at one. LineCharOffset returns the number of characters the object is from the left side of a line in the document.