EditPoint2.AbsoluteCharOffset Property

Definition

Gets the one-based character offset from the beginning of the document to the EditPoint2 object.

public:
 property int AbsoluteCharOffset { int get(); };
public:
 property int AbsoluteCharOffset { int get(); };
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(13)]
public int AbsoluteCharOffset { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(13)] get; }
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(13)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(13)>]
member this.AbsoluteCharOffset : int
Public ReadOnly Property AbsoluteCharOffset As Integer

Property Value

The one-based character offset from the beginning of the document to the EditPoint2 object.

Implements

Attributes

Examples

Sub AbsoluteCharOffsetExample(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 & _  
        "AtEndOfDocument: " & point.AtEndOfDocument & vbCrLf & _  
        "AtEndOfLine: " & point.AtEndOfLine & vbCrLf & _  
        "AtStartOfDocument: " & point.AtStartOfDocument & vbCrLf & _  
        "AtStartOfLine: " & point.AtStartOfLine)  

End Sub  
public void AbsoluteCharOffsetExample(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 = 1; i <= 10; ++i)  
        point.Insert("This is a test.\n");  

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

Remarks

AbsoluteCharOffset returns the number of characters from the top of the document to the object, as compared to the LineCharOffset property, which determines the number of characters only from the beginning of the line that contains the object.

Warning

All newline characters or sequences count as a single character for the purposes of this property. For example, the newline denoted in Visual Basic by vbCrLf (carriage return + line feed) counts as a single character.

Character numbering begins at one.

Applies to