IVsLanguageBlock.GetCurrentBlock Method

Determines the current span of the language block.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function GetCurrentBlock ( _
    pTextLines As IVsTextLines, _
    iCurrentLine As Integer, _
    iCurrentChar As Integer, _
    <OutAttribute> ptsBlockSpan As TextSpan(), _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef pbstrDescription As String, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef pfBlockAvailable As Integer _
) As Integer
int GetCurrentBlock(
    IVsTextLines pTextLines,
    int iCurrentLine,
    int iCurrentChar,
    TextSpan[] ptsBlockSpan,
    out string pbstrDescription,
    out int pfBlockAvailable
)
int GetCurrentBlock(
    [InAttribute] IVsTextLines^ pTextLines, 
    [InAttribute] int iCurrentLine, 
    [InAttribute] int iCurrentChar, 
    [OutAttribute] array<TextSpan>^ ptsBlockSpan, 
    [OutAttribute] String^% pbstrDescription, 
    [OutAttribute] int% pfBlockAvailable
)
abstract GetCurrentBlock : 
        pTextLines:IVsTextLines * 
        iCurrentLine:int * 
        iCurrentChar:int * 
        ptsBlockSpan:TextSpan[] byref * 
        pbstrDescription:string byref * 
        pfBlockAvailable:int byref -> int
function GetCurrentBlock(
    pTextLines : IVsTextLines, 
    iCurrentLine : int, 
    iCurrentChar : int, 
    ptsBlockSpan : TextSpan[], 
    pbstrDescription : String, 
    pfBlockAvailable : int
) : int

Parameters

  • iCurrentLine
    Type: System.Int32

    [in] Current line position of the cursor.

  • iCurrentChar
    Type: System.Int32

    [in] Current character position of the cursor within the line.

  • pbstrDescription
    Type: System.String%

    [out] Returns a string containing the description of the language block.

  • pfBlockAvailable
    Type: System.Int32%

    [out, retval] Returns non-zero if the block is available. Otherwise, returns zero if the current cursor position does not coincide with a language block.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

Remarks

COM Signature

From textmgr.idl:

HRESULT IVsLanguageBlock::GetCurrentBlock(
   [in] IVsTextLines * pTextLines, 
   [in] LONG iCurrentLine, 
   [in] LONG iCurrentChar, 
   [out] TextSpan * ptsBlockSpan, 
   [out] BSTR * pbstrDescription
);

Given the current position, this method returns a TextSpan structure that defines the enclosing or nearby block of text and a short description of the block.

This method is typically called from the view to populate the Find dialog box's "Search only: <current procedure>" option where <current procedure> is the pbstrDescription text. The description should be short due to limited space on the Find dialog box.

The pfBlockAvailable parameter must be set to non-zero when a block is available and zero when the position is outside any blocks. The values of the ptsBlockSpan and pbstrDescription parameters may be a null value indicating those parameters are not wanted by the caller.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

IVsLanguageBlock Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop Namespace