How to move IDE cursor into virtual space - beyond EOL

Hi all,

Inside a VS2005 addin I am trying to position the cursor beyond EOL into virtual space with
TextSelection.MoveToDisplayColumn(line, column, false);

But in if column > number of charcters in th eline, this always fails with
an argument not in expected range exception.

IOW: I am not able to move the cursor beyond EOL.

The VirtualPoint-s as returned TextSelection.ActivePoint etc *do* return the
actual virtual position when beyond EOL, but these properties are read-only.

Any idea if / how this can be done?

Thanks in advance,

Gerrit Beuze
ModelMaker Tools

"Gerrit Beuze" wrote:I am not entirely sure, but maybe you need to enable

I am not entirely sure, but maybe you need to enable virtual space
for the code editor in VS settings before you try to move the
carret beyond EOL.

Alex

Yes, that is obvious ;-)but there is no method in DevEnv classes to move into

Yes, that is obvious ;-)
but there is no method in DevEnv classes to move into this space.

Gerrit Beuze
ModelMaker Tools

"Gerrit Beuze" wrote:Hello Gerrit,I am working on the same issue.

Hello Gerrit,
I am working on the same issue.  I am porting over a utility dll I use for
my own coding written in C++ for MSVC 6.0 to VS2008 using C#.   Did you ever
figure out how to do this?  The only way I can figure out around this issue
is to append spaces to each line within the column select range, and then
perform the MoveToDisplayColumn command.  It seems kind of kludgy doing it
this way however.
Eric Sanders

Hi Eric,No, except adding whitespace as you found too.

Hi Eric,




No, except adding whitespace as you found too.
In my particular case I could check if I was going to move to an empty line
and depending on that use a different approach for what I was trying to do.

Gerrit Beuze
ModelMaker Tools