ItemOperations.OpenFile Method

Opens a file as though you invoked an Open File command in the integrated development environment (IDE).

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function OpenFile ( _
    FileName As String, _
    ViewKind As String _
) As Window

Window OpenFile(
    string FileName,
    string ViewKind
)

Window^ OpenFile(
    [InAttribute] String^ FileName, 
    [InAttribute] String^ ViewKind
)

abstract OpenFile : 
        FileName:string * 
        ViewKind:string -> Window 

function OpenFile(
    FileName : String, 
    ViewKind : String
) : Window

Parameters

• FileName
  Type: System.String
  Required. The full path and name of the file to be opened.

• ViewKind
  Type: System.String
  Optional. A Constants vsViewKind* constant specifying the type of view in which to create the file.

Return Value

Type: EnvDTE.Window
A Window object.

Examples

Sub OpenFileExample()
   Dim ItemOp As ItemOperations
   ItemOp = DTE.ItemOperations
   ' Open a log file as a text document.
   ItemOp.OpenFile("c:\windows\ocgen.log", Constants.vsViewKindTextView)
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

ItemOperations Interface

EnvDTE Namespace