"Eric Fortier" <efortier@techlogic.ca> wrote in message
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> I wan wondering if it was possible to extent the outlining using the
> extensibility feature of the IDE.
>
> I've been looking at the CodeFunction object, but as of yet I can't
> locate anything that has to do with outlining.
>
> Baically I would like to be able to collapse all functions but retain
> the state of outlining inside the function. That way a source file
> is easier to read.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Eric
>
>

On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 12:05:28 -0700, Bill wrote:

>Unfortunately, there is no model of outlining regions. The code model and
>editor model let you navigate between them readily by getting the text
>locations of the start and end of code elements or asking what type or
>member contains a textpoint. I suspect there is no work around for you
>task. You could collapse all outlining, but that would lose the current
>function's outlining state. You could walk the code elements in the file,
>move the editor's TextSelection to each one and invoke the expand/collapse
>command, but there's no way to inspect the state of outlining (and the
>screen would jump around as this macro executed).
>
>I've seen some other requests for modeling outlining and #region sections,
>so I'll at least tell the team that owns this stuff that interest in this
>area continues to grow.
>

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:41:31 +1200, Graeme Prentice wrote:

>>Unfortunately, there is no model of outlining regions. The code model and
>>editor model let you navigate between them readily by getting the text
>>locations of the start and end of code elements or asking what type or
>>member contains a textpoint. I suspect there is no work around for you
>>task. You could collapse all outlining, but that would lose the current
>>function's outlining state. You could walk the code elements in the file,
>>move the editor's TextSelection to each one and invoke the expand/collapse
>>command, but there's no way to inspect the state of outlining (and the
>>screen would jump around as this macro executed).
>>
>>I've seen some other requests for modeling outlining and #region sections,
>>so I'll at least tell the team that owns this stuff that interest in this
>>area continues to grow.
>
> Thanks. I'm interested too.