EditPoint.PadToColumn Method
Fills the current line in the buffer with empty characters (white space) to the given column.
Namespace: EnvDTE
Assembly: EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Sub PadToColumn ( _
Column As Integer _
)
void PadToColumn(
int Column
)
void PadToColumn(
[InAttribute] int Column
)
abstract PadToColumn :
Column:int -> unit
function PadToColumn(
Column : int
)
Parameters
- Column
Type: System.Int32
Required. The number of columns to pad, starting at one.
Remarks
PadToColumn inserts tabs and spaces, according to global settings, from the edit point's or selection's display column to the specified display column. If the edit point or active end of the selection already lies beyond the specified column, PadToColumn does nothing.
Examples
Sub PadToColumnExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
' Create a new text file.
dte.ItemOperations.NewFile()
' Create an EditPoint at the start of the new file.
Dim doc As TextDocument = _
CType(dte.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument"), TextDocument)
Dim point As EditPoint = doc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint
Dim i As Integer
' Insert 10 lines of text.
For i = 1 To 10
point.Insert("This is a test." & vbCrLf)
Next i
point.StartOfDocument()
' Indent text to column 10.
For i = 1 To 10
point.PadToColumn(10)
point.LineDown()
point.StartOfLine()
Next
End Sub
public void PadToColumnExample(DTE2 dte)
{
// Create a new text file.
dte.ItemOperations.NewFile(@"General\Text File", "",
Constants.vsViewKindPrimary);
// Create an EditPoint at the start of the new file.
TextDocument doc =
(TextDocument)dte.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument");
EditPoint point = doc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint();
// Insert 10 lines of text.
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
point.Insert("This is a test.\n");
point.StartOfDocument();
// Indent text to column 10.
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
point.PadToColumn(10);
point.LineDown(1);
point.StartOfLine();
}
}
.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
Other Resources
How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples