ITextBuffer.Delete Method

Deletes a sequence of characters from the buffer.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Data (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Data.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function Delete ( _
    deleteSpan As Span _
) As ITextSnapshot

ITextSnapshot Delete(
    Span deleteSpan
)

ITextSnapshot^ Delete(
    Span deleteSpan
)

abstract Delete : 
        deleteSpan:Span -> ITextSnapshot

function Delete(
    deleteSpan : Span
) : ITextSnapshot

Parameters

• deleteSpan
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Span

  The span of characters to delete.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.ITextSnapshot
The ITextSnapshot.

Exceptions

Remarks

This is a shortcut for creating a new ITextEdit object, using it to delete the text, and then applying it. If the deletion fails because of a read-only region, the snapshot returned will be the same as the current snapshot of the buffer before the attempted deletion.

.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.

See Also

Reference

ITextBuffer Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text Namespace