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IVsTextView.GetSelectedText Method

Returns a copy of the selected text.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function GetSelectedText ( _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef pbstrText As String _
) As Integer
int GetSelectedText(
    out string pbstrText
)
int GetSelectedText(
    [OutAttribute] String^% pbstrText
)
abstract GetSelectedText : 
        pbstrText:string byref -> int 
function GetSelectedText(
    pbstrText : String
) : int

Parameters

  • pbstrText
    Type: System.String%
    [out] If the method succeeds, specifies a pointer to a string containing the text.

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 IVsTextView::GetSelectedText(
   [out] BSTR * pbstrText
);

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

IVsTextView Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop Namespace