OutputWindowPane.TextDocument Property

Gets the TextDocument object for the OutputWindowPane .

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property TextDocument As TextDocument

TextDocument TextDocument { get; }

property TextDocument^ TextDocument {
    TextDocument^ get ();
}

abstract TextDocument : TextDocument with get

function get TextDocument () : TextDocument

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.TextDocument
A TextDocument object.

Remarks

Attempting to modify the document through this property or an EditPoint fails because the entire document's region is read-only. You can modify the document only through members on CommandWindow.

Examples

Sub TextDocumentExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)

    ' Retrieve and show the Output window.
    Dim outWin As OutputWindow = dte.ToolWindows.OutputWindow
    outWin.Parent.AutoHides = False
    outWin.Parent.Activate()

    ' Find the "Pane1" Output window pane; if it does not exist, 
    ' create it.
    Dim pane1 As OutputWindowPane
    Try
        pane1 = outWin.OutputWindowPanes.Item("Pane1")
    Catch
        pane1 = outWin.OutputWindowPanes.Add("Pane1")
    Finally
        pane1.Clear()
    End Try

    ' Write 10 lines of text to Pane1.
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 1 To 10
        pane1.OutputString("Line " & i.ToString() & vbCrLf)
    Next

    ' Retrieve the text from Pane1.
    Dim doc As TextDocument = pane1.TextDocument
    Dim sel As TextSelection = doc.Selection

    sel.StartOfDocument()
    sel.EndOfDocument(True)

    MsgBox("Text in Pane1:" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & sel.Text)

End Sub

public void TextDocumentExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Retrieve and show the Output window.
    OutputWindow outWin = dte.ToolWindows.OutputWindow;
    outWin.Parent.AutoHides = false;
    outWin.Parent.Activate();

    // Find the "Pane1" Output window pane; if it does not exist, 
    // create it.
    OutputWindowPane pane1 = null;
    try
    {
        pane1 = outWin.OutputWindowPanes.Item("Pane1");
    }
    catch
    {
        pane1 = outWin.OutputWindowPanes.Add("Pane1");
    }
    finally
    {
        pane1.Clear();
    }

    // Write 10 lines of text to Pane1.
    for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
        pane1.OutputString("Line " + i.ToString() + "\n");

    // Retrieve the text from Pane1.
    TextDocument doc = pane1.TextDocument;
    TextSelection sel = doc.Selection;

    sel.StartOfDocument(false);
    sel.EndOfDocument(true);

    MessageBox.Show("Text in Pane1:\n\n" + sel.Text);
}

.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

OutputWindowPane Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples