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ItemOperations.OpenFile Method

Visual Studio 2005

Other Versions

Opens a file as though you invoked an Open File command in the integrated development environment (IDE).

Namespace: EnvDTE
Assembly: EnvDTE (in envdte.dll)

Syntax

C++

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Window OpenFile (
	[InAttribute] string FileName,
	[OptionalAttribute] [InAttribute] string ViewKind
)

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Window OpenFile (
	/** @attribute InAttribute() */ String FileName, 
	/** @attribute InAttribute() */ /** @attribute OptionalAttribute() */ String ViewKind
)

JScript

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function OpenFile (
	FileName : String, 
	ViewKind : String
) : Window

Parameters

FileName: Required. The full path and name of the file to be opened.

ViewKind: Optional. A ConstantsvsViewKind* constant specifying the type of view in which to create the file.

Return Value

A Window object.

Example

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Sub OpenFileExample()
   Dim ItemOp As ItemOperations
   ItemOp = DTE.ItemOperations
   ' Open a log file as a text document.
   ItemOp.OpenFile("c:\windows\ocgen.log", Constants.vsViewKindTextView)
End Sub

Reference

ItemOperations Interface
ItemOperations Members
EnvDTE Namespace

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