CodeClass.GetStartPoint Method

Returns a TextPoint object that defines the beginning of the code element definition.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function GetStartPoint ( _
    Part As vsCMPart _
) As TextPoint

TextPoint GetStartPoint(
    vsCMPart Part
)

TextPoint^ GetStartPoint(
    [InAttribute] vsCMPart Part
)

abstract GetStartPoint : 
        Part:vsCMPart -> TextPoint

function GetStartPoint(
    Part : vsCMPart
) : TextPoint

Parameters

• Part
  Type: EnvDTE.vsCMPart

  Optional. A vsCMPart constant specifying the portion of the code to retrieve.

Return Value

Type: EnvDTE.TextPoint
A TextPoint object.

Remarks

The GetStartPoint and GetEndPoint methods return a TextPoint object that represents the beginning and end of a specified code element definition. The Part parameter defines the code element definition to return.

Note

The values of code model elements such as classes, structs, functions, attributes, delegates, and so forth can be non-deterministic after making certain kinds of edits, meaning that their values cannot be relied upon to always remain the same. For more information, see the section Code Model Element Values Can Change in Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual Basic).

Examples

 Sub GetStartPointExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)

    ' Before running this example, open a code document from a project
    ' and place the insertion point inside a class definition.
    Try
        ' Retrieve the CodeClass at the insertion point.
        Dim sel As TextSelection = _
            CType(dte.ActiveDocument.Selection, TextSelection)
        Dim cls As CodeClass = _
            CType(sel.ActivePoint.CodeElement( _
            vsCMElement.vsCMElementClass), CodeClass)

        ' Display the source code for the class.
        Dim start As TextPoint = cls.GetStartPoint()
        Dim finish As TextPoint = cls.GetEndPoint()
        Dim src As String = start.CreateEditPoint().GetText(finish)

        MsgBox(cls.Name & "'s source code:" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & src)
    Catch ex As Exception
        MsgBox(ex.Message)
    End Try

End Sub

public void GetStartPointExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Before running this example, open a code document from a project
    // and place the insertion point inside a class definition.
    try
    {
        // Retrieve the CodeClass at the insertion point.
        TextSelection sel = 
            (TextSelection)dte.ActiveDocument.Selection;
        CodeClass cls = 
            (CodeClass)sel.ActivePoint.get_CodeElement(
            vsCMElement.vsCMElementClass);

        // Display the source code for the class.
        TextPoint start = cls.GetStartPoint(vsCMPart.vsCMPartWhole);
        TextPoint finish = cls.GetEndPoint(vsCMPart.vsCMPartWhole);
        string src = start.CreateEditPoint().GetText(finish);

        MessageBox.Show(cls.Name + "'s source code:" + 
            Environment.NewLine + Environment.NewLine + src);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.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

CodeClass Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples

Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual Basic)

Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual C#)