OutputWindowPane.TextDocument Property

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

Gets the TextDocument object for the OutputWindowPane .

public:
 property EnvDTE::TextDocument ^ TextDocument { EnvDTE::TextDocument ^ get(); };

public:
 property EnvDTE::TextDocument ^ TextDocument { EnvDTE::TextDocument ^ get(); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(10)]
public EnvDTE.TextDocument TextDocument { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(10)] get; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(10)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(10)>]
member this.TextDocument : EnvDTE.TextDocument

Public ReadOnly Property TextDocument As TextDocument

Property Value

TextDocument

A TextDocument object.

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

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);  
}  

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.