IVsTextView.GetSelectionDataObject(IDataObject) Method
Definition
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Returns a copy of the selected text in IDataObject interface format.
public:
int GetSelectionDataObject([Runtime::InteropServices::Out] Microsoft::VisualStudio::OLE::Interop::IDataObject ^ % ppIDataObject);
public:
int GetSelectionDataObject([Runtime::InteropServices::Out] Microsoft::VisualStudio::OLE::Interop::IDataObject ^ & ppIDataObject);
int GetSelectionDataObject([Runtime::InteropServices::Out] Microsoft::VisualStudio::OLE::Interop::IDataObject const & & ppIDataObject);
public int GetSelectionDataObject (out Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop.IDataObject ppIDataObject);
abstract member GetSelectionDataObject : IDataObject -> int
Public Function GetSelectionDataObject (ByRef ppIDataObject As IDataObject) As Integer
Parameters
- ppIDataObject
- IDataObject
[out] Pointer to an IDataObject object containing the selected text.
Returns
If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.
Remarks
COM Signature
From textmgr.idl:
HRESULT IVsTextView::GetSelectionDataObject(
[out] IDataObject **ppIDataObject
);
Use this method to return a selected span of text in a data object, rather that returning the text in a BSTR. This allows you to retain the formatting associated with the data object when you transfer the text to another application. For more information, see IDataObject.