EditPoint.ReplaceText Method
Replaces the selected text with the given text.
Namespace: EnvDTE
Assembly: EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Sub ReplaceText ( _
PointOrCount As Object, _
Text As String, _
Flags As Integer _
)
void ReplaceText(
Object PointOrCount,
string Text,
int Flags
)
void ReplaceText(
[InAttribute] Object^ PointOrCount,
[InAttribute] String^ Text,
[InAttribute] int Flags
)
abstract ReplaceText :
PointOrCount:Object *
Text:string *
Flags:int -> unit
function ReplaceText(
PointOrCount : Object,
Text : String,
Flags : int
)
Parameters
- PointOrCount
Type: System.Object
Required. Either a TextPoint object or an integer that determines the text to replace.
- Text
Type: System.String
Required. The text to insert.
- Flags
Type: System.Int32
Required. A vsEPReplaceTextOptions constant representing an editor action.
Remarks
ReplaceText replaces the text between the edit point and PointOrCount with Text, making an attempt to correctly preserve the locations of markers for breakpoints, named shortcuts, and so forth.
Examples
Sub ReplaceTextExample()
Dim objTextDoc As TextDocument
Dim objMovePt As EditPoint
Dim objEditPt As EditPoint, iCtr As Integer
' Create a new text file.
DTE.ItemOperations.NewFile("General\Text File")
' Get a handle to the new document and create an EditPoint.
objTextDoc = DTE.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument")
objMovePt = objTextDoc.EndPoint.CreateEditPoint
objEditPt = objTextDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint
' Insert ten lines of text.
For iCtr = 1 To 10
objEditPt.Insert("This is a test." & Chr(13))
Next iCtr
objEditPt.StartOfDocument()
objMovePt.EndOfDocument()
' Replace all occurrences of "test" with "thing."
MsgBox("Replacing all text with a new string...")
objEditPt.ReplaceText(objMovePt, "ALL TEXT REPLACED WITH THIS SENTENCE.", vsEPReplaceTextOptions.vsEPReplaceTextAutoformat)
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.