EditPoint.LessThan Method

Returns whether the value of the called EditPoint object's AbsoluteCharOffset is less than that of the given TextPoint object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function LessThan ( _
    Point As TextPoint _
) As Boolean

bool LessThan(
    TextPoint Point
)

bool LessThan(
    [InAttribute] TextPoint^ Point
)

abstract LessThan : 
        Point:TextPoint -> bool

function LessThan(
    Point : TextPoint
) : boolean

Parameters

• Point
  Type: EnvDTE.TextPoint

  Required. A TextPoint to compare to the calling point object.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
A Boolean value indicating true if Point has a greater AbsoluteCharOffset property value compared to the calling point object's AbsoluteCharOffset property.

Remarks

LessThan throws a ArgumentException if Point is not in the same document as the calling point object. With the VirtualPoint object, LessThan compares the virtual positions if the argument is a VirtualPoint. Otherwise, it compares the "physical" positions.

Examples

Sub LessThanExample(ByVal dte As DTE)

    ' Create a new text file.
    dte.ItemOperations.NewFile()
    Dim txtDoc As TextDocument = _
        CType(dte.ActiveDocument.Object(), TextDocument)

    ' Create an edit point at the empty text document's StartPoint 
    ' and EndPoint; CompareEditPoints displays "point1 and point2
    ' occupy the same location."
    Dim point1 As EditPoint = txtDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint()
    Dim point2 As EditPoint = txtDoc.EndPoint.CreateEditPoint()
    CompareEditPoints(point1, point2)

    ' Insert ten lines of text.
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 1 To 10
        point1.Insert("Line " & i.ToString() & vbCrLf)
    Next

    ' Create an edit point at the text document's StartPoint and 
    ' EndPoint; CompareEditPoints displays "point1 comes before point2."
    point1 = txtDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint()
    point2 = txtDoc.EndPoint.CreateEditPoint()
    CompareEditPoints(point1, point2)

End Sub

Sub CompareEditPoints(ByVal point1 As EditPoint, _
    ByVal point2 As EditPoint)

    If point1.LessThan(point2) Then
        MsgBox("point1 comes before point2.")
    ElseIf point1.GreaterThan(point2) Then
        MsgBox("point2 comes before point1.")
    ElseIf (point1.EqualTo(point2)) Then
        MsgBox("point1 and point2 occupy the same location.")
    End If

End Sub

void LessThanExample(DTE dte)
{
    // Create a new text file.
    dte.ItemOperations.NewFile(@"General\Text File", "", 
        Constants.vsViewKindPrimary);
    TextDocument txtDoc = 
        (TextDocument)dte.ActiveDocument.Object("");

    // Create an edit point at the empty text document's StartPoint 
    // and EndPoint; CompareEditPoints displays "point1 and point2
    // occupy the same location."
    EditPoint point1 = txtDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint();
    EditPoint point2 = txtDoc.EndPoint.CreateEditPoint();
    CompareEditPoints(point1, point2);

    // Insert ten lines of text.
    for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
    {
        point1.Insert("Line " + i.ToString() + Environment.NewLine);
    }

    // Create an edit point at the text document's StartPoint and 
    // EndPoint; CompareEditPoints displays "point1 comes before point2."
    point1 = txtDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint();
    point2 = txtDoc.EndPoint.CreateEditPoint();
    CompareEditPoints(point1, point2);
}

void CompareEditPoints(EditPoint point1, EditPoint point2)
{
    if (point1.LessThan(point2))
        MessageBox.Show("point1 comes before point2.");
    else if (point1.GreaterThan(point2))
        MessageBox.Show("point2 comes before point1.");
    else if (point1.EqualTo(point2))
        MessageBox.Show("point1 and point2 occupy the same location.");
}

.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

EditPoint Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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