TextSelection.Copy Method

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Copies the text selection to the clipboard.

public:
 void Copy();

public:
 void Copy();

void Copy();

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(20)]
public void Copy ();

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(20)>]
abstract member Copy : unit -> unit

Public Sub Copy ()

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

Examples

Public objSel As TextSelection = DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection  

Sub CopyExample()  
   ' Before running this example, open a text document.  
   ' Perform operations on the text.  
   objSel.StartOfDocument(False)  
   Position(vsStartOfLineOptions.vsStartOfLineOptionsFirstColumn, 4)  
   objSel.Copy()  
   Position(vsStartOfLineOptions.vsStartOfLineOptionsFirstText, 4)  
   objSel.Cut()  
   Position(vsStartOfLineOptions.vsStartOfLineOptionsFirstText, 4)  
   objSel.Delete()  
   Position(vsStartOfLineOptions.vsStartOfLineOptionsFirstText, 4)  
   objSel.DeleteLeft(6)  
   objSel.DestructiveInsert("NEW TEXT")  
End Sub  

Sub Position(ByVal pos As vsStartOfLineOptions, ByVal ipos As Integer)  
   ' Moves the insertion point down to the beginning of the next line,   
   ' then highlights the right-most four characters.  
   objSel.LineDown()  
   objSel.StartOfLine(vsStartOfLineOptions.vsStartOfLineOptionsFirstText)  
   objSel.CharRight(True, 4)  
End Sub