EditPoint2.PreviousBookmark Method

Moves the edit point to the location of the previous bookmark in the document.

Namespace:  EnvDTE80
Assembly:  EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function PreviousBookmark As Boolean

bool PreviousBookmark()

bool PreviousBookmark()

abstract PreviousBookmark : unit -> bool 

function PreviousBookmark() : boolean

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the edit point moves to a previous bookmark; otherwise, false.

Implements

EditPoint.PreviousBookmark()

Remarks

If there are no more bookmarks, the edit point is not moved.

PreviousBookmark moves the EditPoint object to the location of the first bookmark preceding the location of the active end of the EditPoint. The EditPoint is collapsed at the new location.

Examples

Sub PreviousBookmarkExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)

    ' Create a new text document.
    dte.ItemOperations.NewFile()

    ' Create an EditPoint at the start of the new document.
    Dim doc As TextDocument = _
        CType(dte.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument"), TextDocument)
    Dim point As EditPoint = doc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint
    Dim i As Integer

    ' Insert ten lines of text.
    For i = 1 To 10
        point.Insert("This is a test." & vbCrLf)
    Next

    point.StartOfDocument()

    ' Set a bookmark on each of the first two lines.
    point.SetBookmark()
    point.LineDown(1)
    point.SetBookmark()

    ' Insert text at each bookmark and then clear each bookmark.
    point.PreviousBookmark()
    point.Insert("BOOKMARK 1: ")
    point.ClearBookmark()
    point.NextBookmark()
    point.Insert("BOOKMARK 2: ")
    point.ClearBookmark()

End Sub

public void PreviousBookmarkExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Create a new text document.
    dte.ItemOperations.NewFile(@"General\Text File", "", _
        Constants.vsViewKindPrimary);

    // Create an EditPoint at the start of the new document.
    TextDocument doc = _
        (TextDocument)dte.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument");
    EditPoint point = doc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint();

    // Insert ten lines of text.
    for (int i = 1; i <= 10; ++i)
        point.Insert("This is a test.\n");

    point.StartOfDocument();

    // Set a bookmark on each of the first two lines.
    point.SetBookmark();
    point.LineDown(1);
    point.SetBookmark();

    // Insert text at each bookmark and then clear each bookmark.
    point.PreviousBookmark();
    point.Insert("BOOKMARK 1: ");
    point.ClearBookmark();
    point.NextBookmark();
    point.Insert("BOOKMARK 2: ");
    point.ClearBookmark();
}

.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

EditPoint2 Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace

Other Resources

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