ItemOperations.OpenFile(String, String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: EnvDTE

Assembly:: EnvDTE.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

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

EnvDTE::Window OpenFile(std::wstring const & FileName, std::wstring const & ViewKind = "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}");

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(3)]
public EnvDTE.Window OpenFile (string FileName, string ViewKind = "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}");

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(3)>]
abstract member OpenFile : string * string -> EnvDTE.Window

Public Function OpenFile (FileName As String, Optional ViewKind As String = "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}") As Window

Parameters

FileName: String

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

ViewKind: String

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

Returns

Window

A Window object.

Attributes: DispIdAttribute

Examples

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

Applies to