EditPoint.WordLeft Method
Moves the object the specified number of words to the left.
Namespace: EnvDTE
Assembly: EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Sub WordLeft ( _
Count As Integer _
)
void WordLeft(
int Count
)
void WordLeft(
[InAttribute] int Count
)
abstract WordLeft :
Count:int -> unit
function WordLeft(
Count : int
)
Parameters
- Count
Type: System.Int32
Optional. Specifies how many words to move the edit point to the left of its current position in the buffer.
Remarks
WordLeft moves the edit point to the left the indicated number of words. If the beginning of the document is reached before Count words, the point remains at the beginning of the document.
If the argument is negative, then WordLeft performs similarly to WordRight.
Examples
Sub WordLeftExample()
Dim objTextDoc As TextDocument
Dim objEditPt As EditPoint, iCtr As Integer
' Create a new text file.
DTE.ItemOperations.NewFile("General\Text File")
' Get a handle to the new document and create an EditPoint.
objTextDoc = DTE.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument")
objEditPt = objTextDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint
' Insert ten lines of text.
For iCtr = 1 To 10
objeditpt.Insert("This is a test." & Chr(13))
Next iCtr
' Replace the eighth word on the third line with a new word.
objEditPt.StartOfDocument()
objEditPt.LineDown(3)
objEditPt.WordRight(3)
objEditPt.Delete(4)
objEditPt.Insert("raid")
objEditPt.WordLeft(3)
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.