Methods
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Methods are actions you take against objects. For example, to add a document to the collection of open documents, you use the Add method of the Documents object.
For more background information about methods, see Applying Methods to Developer Studio Objects.
For examples of using methods, see the macro samples provided with Developer Studio.
The following methods are available:
| Method | Description |
| Add | Creates a document of a specified type. |
| AddBreakpointAtLine | Adds an unconditional location breakpoint to a line. |
| AddCommand | Adds a command defined by an add-in to Developer Studio. |
| AddCommandBarButton | Creates a toolbar and toolbar buttons for an add-in. |
| AddConfiguration | Adds a configuration to the project. |
| AddCustomBuildStep | Adds a custom build step to a specified configuration. |
| AddCustomBuildStepToFile | Adds a custom build step to a specified file. |
| AddFile | Adds a file to the project. |
| AddFileSettings | Changes the settings of a specified file. |
| AddKeyBinding | Binds one or more keystrokes to a command. |
| AddProject | Creates a new project and adds it to the workspace. |
| AddToolSettings | Changes the settings of a specified tool, such as the Visual C++ compiler. |
| Arrange | Tiles, maximizes, or minimizes all open windows. |
| Backspace | Performs the function of the BACKSPACE key. |
| Build | Builds a specified configuration by processing only the files that have changed. |
| Cancel | Cancels a selection. |
| ChangeCase | Changes the case of a selection. |
| CharLeft | Moves the insertion point one character to the left. |
| CharRight | Moves the insertion point one character to the right. |
| Clean | Cleans a specified configuration by deleting all intermediate and output files generated by the configuration. |
| ClearBookmark | Removes all unnamed bookmarks on the current line. |
| ClearBookmarks | Removes all unnamed bookmarks in a document. |
| Close | Closes windows. |
| CloseAll | Closes all windows or documents. |
| Copy | Copies the selected text to the Clipboard. |
| Cut | Removes the selected text and adds it to the Clipboard. |
| Delete | Performs the function of the DELETE key. |
| DeleteWhitespace | Deletes white space adjacent to the insertion point. |
| DestructiveInsert | Inserts text in Overtype mode. |
| EnableModeless | Enables or disables existing modeless windows in Developer Studio. |
| EndOfDocument | Moves the insertion point to the end of the document. |
| EndOfLine | Moves the insertion point to the end of the last line in a selection. |
| Evaluate | Evaluates an expression, as if you typed it in the Visual C++ debugger's Watch window. |
| ExecuteCommand | Executes a specified command or VBScript macro. |
| ExecuteConfiguration | Runs the program in the current workspace. |
| FindText | Starting after the current selection, FindText searches the rest of a document for a specified string. If the string is found, FindText moves the selection to that string. |
| GetPackageExtension | Provides access to objects from third parties or other Microsoft products that extend the Developer Studio object model. |
| Go | Runs the current program under the debugger. |
| GoToLine | Moves the insertion point to a specified line in a document. |
| Indent | Indents text. |
| Item | Gets a specified breakpoint, configuration, document, project, or window from a collection. |
| LineDown | Moves the insertion point down one line. |
| LineUp | Moves the insertion point up one line. |
| MakeCurrentSettingsDefault | Changes the default settings for this configuration to the values of the current settings. |
| MarkText | Searches a document for a specified string. If the string is found, the MarkText method marks the lines containing the string with unnamed temporary bookmarks. |
| MoveTo | Moves the insertion point to a specified line and column. |
| NewLine | Creates a new line. |
| NewWindow | Creates a new window for a document. |
| NextBookmark | Moves the insertion point to the next unnamed bookmark in a document. |
| Open | Opens a document with a specified file name. |
| PageDown | Moves the insertion point down one page. |
| PageUp | Moves the insertion point up one page. |
| Paste | Replaces a selection with the contents of the Clipboard. |
| PreviousBookmark | Moves the insertion point to the previous unnamed bookmark in a document. |
| PrintOut | Sends a document to the current printer. |
| PrintToOutputWindow | Directs the output from a macro to the Macro tab of the Output window. |
| Quit | Quits Developer Studio. |
| RebuildAll | Rebuilds a specified configuration by processing all files in the configuration, whether or not the files have changed. |
| Redo | Reapplies previous editing actions that have been undone. |
| Remove | Removes a breakpoint from the Breakpoints collection. |
| RemoveAllBreakpoints | Removes all breakpoints in the Breakpoints collection. |
| RemoveBreakpointAtLine | Removes all breakpoints on a line. |
| RemoveFileSettings | Removes the settings of a specified file. |
| RemoveToolSettings | Removes the settings of a specified tool, such as the VC++ compiler. |
| ReplaceText | Replaces all instances of a string or regular expression with another string or regular expression. |
| Restart | Restarts a program that is being debugged. |
| RunToCursor | In a program you are debugging, sets a temporary breakpoint at the cursor (insertion point) and then starts execution of the program. |
| Save | Saves a document to a file. |
| SaveAll | Saves all open documents in the collection. |
| SelectAll | Extends the selection to include the entire document. |
| SelectLine | Selects the line defined by the CurrentLine property. |
| SetAddInInfo | Provides Developer Studio with information about an add-in, when the add-in is loaded. The add-in calls SetAddInInfo. |
| SetBookmark | Sets an unnamed bookmark at the active end of a selection. |
| SetNextStatement | Specifies the next statement to execute in a program that you are debugging. |
| ShowCurrentStatement | In a program you are debugging, moves the insertion point to the line containing the current instruction. |
| SmartFormat | Formats text in a selection according to the current smart formatting settings. |
| StartOfDocument | Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the document. |
| StartOfLine | Moves the insertion point to the beginning of a line. |
| StepInto | Steps into a called function, executing each instruction step by step. |
| StepOut | Stops stepping through a called function, executes the remainder of the function, exits the function, and then breaks at the statement after the function call. |
| StepOver | Executes a called function without stepping through it. |
| Stop | Stops execution of a program you are debugging. |
| Tabify | Converts spaces to tabs in a selection. |
| Undo | Reverses previous editing actions on a document. |
| Unindent | Removes one indent from all lines in a selection. |
| Untabify | Converts tabs to spaces in a selection. |
| WordLeft | Moves the insertion point one word to the left. |
| WordRight | Moves the insertion point one word to the right. |