TextSelection.OutlineSection Method

Creates an outlining section based on the current selection.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub OutlineSection

'Usage
Dim instance As TextSelection

instance.OutlineSection()

void OutlineSection()

void OutlineSection()

function OutlineSection()

Examples

Sub OutlineSectionExample()
    ' Before running this example, open a text document.
    Dim objSel As TextSelection = DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection

    ' Move to the beginning of the document so we can iterate over the 
    ' whole thing.
    objSel.StartOfDocument()
    While objSel.FindPattern("#if _DEBUG")
        ' If we found the beginning of a debug-only section, save the 
        ' position.
        Dim lStartLine As Long = objSel.TopPoint.Line
        Dim lStartColumn As Long = objSel.TopPoint.LineCharOffset

        ' Look for the end.
        If objSel.FindPattern("#endif") Then
            ' Select the entire section and outline it.
            objSel.SwapAnchor()
            objSel.MoveToLineAndOffset(lStartLine, lStartColumn, True)
            objSel.OutlineSection()
            objSel.LineDown()
        End If
    End While
End Sub

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

TextSelection Interface

TextSelection Members

EnvDTE Namespace