EditPoint2::GetLines Method (Int32, Int32)

Visual Studio 2015

Returns a string representing the text between two given lines.

Namespace: EnvDTE80
Assembly: EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)

Syntax

String^ GetLines(
	int Start,
	int ExclusiveEnd
)

Parameters

Start: Type: System::Int32
Optional. The last line number to include the text.

ExclusiveEnd: Type: System::Int32
Required. The first line number to include the text.

Return Value

Type: System::String^

The text between two given lines.

Implements

EditPoint::GetLines(Int32, Int32)

The returned string represents the text between Start (inclusive) and ExclusiveEnd (exclusive). The string includes newline characters (ACSII character 13) for line boundaries, and ends with a newline character if the last line ended in a newline character.

Examples

Sub GetLinesExample()
   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.StartOfDocument()
   msgbox("The results of GetLines: " & Chr(13) & objeditpt.GetLines(1, 6))
End Sub