TextSelection.BottomPoint Property

Gets the point at the end of the selection.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property BottomPoint As VirtualPoint

VirtualPoint BottomPoint { get; }

property VirtualPoint^ BottomPoint {
    VirtualPoint^ get ();
}

abstract BottomPoint : VirtualPoint with get

function get BottomPoint () : VirtualPoint

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.VirtualPoint
A VirtualPoint object.

Examples

Sub BottomPointExample()
    ' Before running this example, open a text document.
    Dim objSel As TextSelection = DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection
    If objSel.IsEmpty Then
        ' If there is no text selected, swap the words before and after 
        ' the insertion point. We begin by selecting the word before 
        ' the insertion point.
        objSel.WordLeft(True)
        If Not objSel.IsEmpty Then
            ' We can continue only if the selection was not already at 
            ' the beginning of the document.
            Dim strBefore As String = objSel.Text

            ' The text is saved in strBefore; now delete it and move 
            ' past the following word.
            objSel.Delete()
            objSel.WordRight(True)
            If objSel.Text.StartsWith(" ") Or objSel.Text.StartsWith(Microsoft.VisualBasic.ControlChars.Tab) Then
                ' The previous call to WordRight may have skipped some 
                ' white space instead of an actual word. In that case, 
                ' we should call it again.
                objSel.WordRight(True)
            End If

            ' Insert the new text at the end of the selection.
            objSel.Insert(strBefore, vsInsertFlags.vsInsertFlagsInsertAtEnd)
        End If
    Else
        ' If some text is selected, replace the following word with the 
        ' text selection.
        Dim strSelected As String = objSel.Text

        objSel.MoveToPoint(objSel.BottomPoint)
        objSel.WordRight(True)
        If objSel.Text.StartsWith(" ") Or objSel.Text.StartsWith(Microsoft.VisualBasic.ControlChars.Tab) Then
            ' The previous call to WordRight may have skipped some 
            ' white space instead of an actual word. In that case, we 
            ' should call it again.
            objSel.WordRight(True)
        End If

        ' Insert the text, overwriting the existing text and leaving the 
        ' selection containing the inserted text.
        objSel.Insert(strSelected, vsInsertFlags.vsInsertFlagsContainNewText)
    End If
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