EditPoint2.GetLines(Int32, Int32) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: EnvDTE80

Assembly:: EnvDTE80.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

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Returns a string representing the text between two given lines.

public:
 System::String ^ GetLines(int Start, int ExclusiveEnd);

public:
 Platform::String ^ GetLines(int Start, int ExclusiveEnd);

std::wstring GetLines(int Start, int ExclusiveEnd);

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(173)]
public string GetLines (int Start, int ExclusiveEnd);

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(173)>]
abstract member GetLines : int * int -> string

Public Function GetLines (Start As Integer, ExclusiveEnd As Integer) As String

Parameters

Start: Int32

Optional. The last line number to include the text.

ExclusiveEnd: Int32

Required. The first line number to include the text.

Returns

String

The text between two given lines.

Implements

GetLines(Int32, Int32)

Attributes: DispIdAttribute

Examples

Sub GetLinesExample()  
   Dim objTextDoc As TextDocument  
   Dim objEditPt As EditPoint, iCtr As Integer  

   ' Create a new text file.  
   DTE.ItemOperations.NewFile("General\Text File")  

   ' Get a handle to the new document and create an EditPoint.  
   objTextDoc = DTE.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument")  
   objEditPt = objTextDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint  

   ' Insert ten lines of text.  
   For iCtr = 1 To 10  
      objeditpt.Insert("This is a test." & Chr(13))  
   Next iCtr  
   objEditPt.StartOfDocument()  
   msgbox("The results of GetLines: " & Chr(13) & objeditpt.GetLines(1, 6))  
End Sub

Remarks

The returned string represents the text between Start (inclusive) and ExclusiveEnd (exclusive). The string includes newline characters (ACSII character 13) for line boundaries, and ends with a newline character if the last line ended in a newline character.

Applies to