ITextDocument interface (tom.h)

The ITextDocument interface is the Text Object Model (TOM) top-level interface, which retrieves the active selection and range objects for any story in the document—whether active or not. It enables the application to:

  • Open and save documents.
  • Control undo behavior and screen updating.
  • Find a range from a screen position.
  • Get an ITextStoryRanges story enumerator.
When to Implement

Applications typically do not implement the ITextDocument interface. Microsoft text solutions, such as rich edit controls, implement ITextDocument as part of their TOM implementation.

When to Use

Applications can retrieve an ITextDocument pointer from a rich edit control. To do this, send an EM_GETOLEINTERFACE message to retrieve an IRichEditOle object from a rich edit control. Then, call the object's IUnknown::QueryInterface method to retrieve an ITextDocument pointer.

Inheritance

The ITextDocument interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. ITextDocument also has these types of members:

Methods

The ITextDocument interface has these methods.

 
ITextDocument::BeginEditCollection

Turns on edit collection (also called undo grouping).
ITextDocument::EndEditCollection

Turns off edit collection (also called undo grouping).
ITextDocument::Freeze

Increments the freeze count.
ITextDocument::GetDefaultTabStop

Gets the default tab width.
ITextDocument::GetName

Gets the file name of this document. This is the ITextDocument default property.
ITextDocument::GetSaved

Gets a value that indicates whether changes have been made since the file was last saved.
ITextDocument::GetSelection

Gets the active selection. (ITextDocument.GetSelection)
ITextDocument::GetStoryCount

Gets the count of stories in this document.
ITextDocument::GetStoryRanges

Gets the story collection object used to enumerate the stories in a document.
ITextDocument::New

Opens a new document.
ITextDocument::Open

Opens a specified document. There are parameters to specify access and sharing privileges, creation and conversion of the file, as well as the code page for the file.
ITextDocument::Range

Retrieves a text range object for a specified range of content in the active story of the document.
ITextDocument::RangeFromPoint

Retrieves a range for the content at or nearest to the specified point on the screen.
ITextDocument::Redo

Performs a specified number of redo operations.
ITextDocument::Save

Saves the document.
ITextDocument::SetDefaultTabStop

Sets the default tab stop, which is used when no tab exists beyond the current display position.
ITextDocument::SetSaved

Sets the document Saved property.
ITextDocument::Undo

Performs a specified number of undo operations.
ITextDocument::Unfreeze

Decrements the freeze count.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header tom.h

See also

Conceptual

Text Object Model

Using The Text Object Model