IVsTextManager::NavigateToPosition Method (IVsTextBuffer^, Guid, Int32, Int32)

Visual Studio 2015

Finds or creates an appropriate view on the specified buffer and puts the selection on the specified linear position.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop.dll)

Syntax

C++

int NavigateToPosition(
	IVsTextBuffer^ pBuffer,
	[InAttribute] Guid% guidDocViewType,
	int iPos,
	int iLen
)

Parameters

pBuffer: Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop::IVsTextBuffer^
[in] Pointer to the IVsTextBuffer interface.

guidDocViewType: Type: System::Guid
[in] GUID identifying the view. This value should always be LOGVIEWID_TextView.

iPos: Type: System::Int32
[in] Linear position in buffer on which to put the caret.

iLen: Type: System::Int32
[in] Length of selection.

Return Value

Type: System::Int32

If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

Remarks

COM Signature

From textmgr.idl:

C++

HRESULT IVsTextManager::NavigateToPosition(
   [in] IVsTextBuffer * pBuffer,
   [in] REFGUID guidDocViewType,
   [in] long iPos,
   [in] long iLen
);

This method is the same as NavigateToLineAndColumn, except that it uses one-dimensional, positional coordinates.