EditPoint.MoveToAbsoluteOffset Method

Moves the active point to the given 1-based absolute character offset.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub MoveToAbsoluteOffset ( _
    Offset As Integer _
)
void MoveToAbsoluteOffset(
    int Offset
)
void MoveToAbsoluteOffset(
    [InAttribute] int Offset
)
abstract MoveToAbsoluteOffset : 
        Offset:int -> unit
function MoveToAbsoluteOffset(
    Offset : int
)

Parameters

  • Offset
    Type: System.Int32

    Required. A character index from the start of the document, beginning at one.

Examples

Sub MoveToAbsoluteOffsetExample()
   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
   objEditPt.MoveToAbsoluteOffset(10)
   objEditPt.Insert("HELLO")
   objEditPt.MoveToLineAndOffset(4, 5)
   objEditPt.Insert("WORLD")
End Sub

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

EditPoint Interface

EnvDTE Namespace