EditPoint2.Delete Method
Deletes the specified range of text.
Namespace: EnvDTE80
Assembly: EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Sub Delete ( _
PointOrCount As Object _
)
void Delete(
Object PointOrCount
)
void Delete(
[InAttribute] Object^ PointOrCount
)
abstract Delete :
PointOrCount:Object -> unit
function Delete(
PointOrCount : Object
)
Parameters
PointOrCount
Type: System.ObjectRequired. Represents either a TextPoint object or a number of characters.
Remarks
If PointOrCount is a TextPoint object, Delete deletes the text between the edit point and PointOrCount. If PointOrCount is an integer, then Delete deletes the text from the edit point through the specified number of characters following the edit point, adding one for each implied newline sequence at the end of each line.
If PointOrCount is negative, then Delete deletes text before the edit point.
Examples
Sub DeleteExample()
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
' Change the first letter of the fourth word of the fourth line.
objEditPt.StartOfDocument()
objEditPt.LineDown(3)
objEditPt.WordRight(3)
objEditPt.CharRight(2)
objEditPt.Charleft(2)
objeditpt.Delete(1)
objEditPt.Insert("p")
End Sub
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.