EditPoint2.PadToColumn Method

Fills the current line in the buffer with empty characters (white space) to the given column.

Namespace:  EnvDTE80
Assembly:  EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub PadToColumn ( _
    Column As Integer _
)
void PadToColumn(
    int Column
)
void PadToColumn(
    [InAttribute] int Column
)
abstract PadToColumn : 
        Column:int -> unit
function PadToColumn(
    Column : int
)

Parameters

  • Column
    Type: Int32

    Required. The number of columns to pad, starting at one.

Remarks

PadToColumn inserts tabs and spaces, according to global settings, from the edit point's or selection's display column to the specified display column. If the edit point or active end of the selection already lies beyond the specified column, PadToColumn does nothing.

Examples

Sub PadToColumnExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)

    ' Create a new text file.
    dte.ItemOperations.NewFile()

    ' Create an EditPoint at the start of the new file.
    Dim doc As TextDocument = _
        CType(dte.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument"), TextDocument)
    Dim point As EditPoint = doc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint
    Dim i As Integer

    ' Insert ten lines of text.
    For i = 1 To 10
        point.Insert("This is a test." & vbCrLf)
    Next i

    point.StartOfDocument()

    ' Indent text to column 10.
    For i = 1 To 10
        point.PadToColumn(10)
        point.LineDown()
        point.StartOfLine()
    Next

End Sub
public void PadToColumnExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Create a new text file.
    dte.ItemOperations.NewFile(@"General\Text File", "", 
        Constants.vsViewKindPrimary);

    // Create an EditPoint at the start of the new file.
    TextDocument doc = 
        (TextDocument)dte.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument");
    EditPoint point = doc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint();

    // Insert ten lines of text.
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        point.Insert("This is a test.\n");

    point.StartOfDocument();

    // Indent text to column 10.
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        point.PadToColumn(10);
        point.LineDown(1);
        point.StartOfLine();
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

EditPoint2 Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace

Other Resources

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