ITextEdit::Delete Method (Int32, Int32)

Visual Studio 2015

Deletes a sequence of characters from the buffer.

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

Syntax

bool Delete(
	int startPosition,
	int charsToDelete
)

startPosition: Type: System::Int32
The position of the first character to delete.

true if the deletion succeeded; false if it was prevented by a read-only region.

Exception	Condition
InvalidOperationException	The Apply or Cancel or Dispose method has previously been called on this object.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	startPosition is less than zero or greater than the length of the buffer, or charsToDelete is less than zero, or startPosition + charsToDelete is greater than the length of the buffer.

Deleting zero characters will succeed, but will not generate a new snapshot or raise a Changed event.