TextSelection.MoveToAbsoluteOffset Method

Moves the active point to the given 1-based absolute character offset.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub MoveToAbsoluteOffset ( _
    Offset As Integer, _
    Extend As Boolean _
)

void MoveToAbsoluteOffset(
    int Offset,
    bool Extend
)

void MoveToAbsoluteOffset(
    [InAttribute] int Offset, 
    [InAttribute] bool Extend
)

abstract MoveToAbsoluteOffset : 
        Offset:int * 
        Extend:bool -> unit

function MoveToAbsoluteOffset(
    Offset : int, 
    Extend : boolean
)

Parameters

• Offset
  Type: System.Int32

  Required. A character index from the start of the document, starting at one

• Extend
  Type: System.Boolean

  Optional. Default = false. A Boolean value to extend the current selection. If Extend is true, then the active end of the selection moves to the location while the anchor end remains where it is. Otherwise, both ends are moved to the specified location. This argument applies only to the TextSelection object.

Examples

Sub MoveToAbsoluteOffsetExample()
   ' Before running this example, open a text document.
   Dim objSel As TextSelection = DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection
   ' Go to first line in document and select it.
   objSel.GotoLine(1, True)
   ' Move to various lines and offsets (character columns).
   objSel.MoveToAbsoluteOffset(3, True)
   objSel.MoveToDisplayColumn(3, True)
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

EnvDTE Namespace