> Hi!
>
> On several occasions I've had the need to call functions in Visual Studio
> that take optional parameters, such as TextSelection.Delete(int). In VB
> macro code I can do the following:
>
> Dim td As TextDocument = ActiveDocument.Object
> td.Selection.Delete()
>
> But if I include that into C# add-in code, I get a compiler error: No
> overload for method 'Delete' takes '0' arguments
>
> If I instead try (which I thought was the recommended method)
>
> td.Selection.Delete(Type.Missing);
>
> then I get this instead:
>
> The best overloaded method match for 'EnvDTE.TextSelection.Delete(int)'
> has some invalid arguments
> Argument '1': cannot convert from 'object' to 'int'
>
> So my question is: What is the correct way to call functions with optional
> arguments from C# add-ins?
>
> Failing that, maybe someone has a tip of how to delete text between two
> points?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Emil
>
>

> In this case the optional argument is integer, so you pass the value 1
> which is the default.
>
> If you want to delete the text between 2 edit points without selecting the
> text, you use EditPoint1.Delete(EditPoint2).
>
> --
>
> Carlos J. Quintero
>
> MZ-Tools 4.0: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET
> You can code, design and document much faster.
> http://www.mztools.com
>
>
> "Emil Astrom" <emil_astrom(at)hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:%23eeq5B9BFHA.2380@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Hi!
>>
>> On several occasions I've had the need to call functions in Visual Studio
>> that take optional parameters, such as TextSelection.Delete(int). In VB
>> macro code I can do the following:
>>
>> Dim td As TextDocument = ActiveDocument.Object
>> td.Selection.Delete()
>>
>> But if I include that into C# add-in code, I get a compiler error: No
>> overload for method 'Delete' takes '0' arguments
>>
>> If I instead try (which I thought was the recommended method)
>>
>> td.Selection.Delete(Type.Missing);
>>
>> then I get this instead:
>>
>> The best overloaded method match for 'EnvDTE.TextSelection.Delete(int)'
>> has some invalid arguments
>> Argument '1': cannot convert from 'object' to 'int'
>>
>> So my question is: What is the correct way to call functions with
>> optional arguments from C# add-ins?
>>
>> Failing that, maybe someone has a tip of how to delete text between two
>> points?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Emil
>>
>>
>
>

> Out of curiosity, how did you know the default value to be 1 for
> TextSelection.Delete? Is there a trick? Might be good to know for other
> functions with default values.

> "Emil Astrom" <emil_astrom(at)hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:%23ARQE7KCFHA.3368@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Out of curiosity, how did you know the default value to be 1 for
>> TextSelection.Delete? Is there a trick? Might be good to know for other
>> functions with default values.
>
> The Object Browser shows the following information for the Delete method
> of the TextSelection class:
>
> public void Delete(int Count = 1)
> Member of EnvDTE.TextSelection
>
> Summary:
> Deletes the selection.
>
> Attributes:
> [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispIdAttribute(23)]
>
> --
>
> Carlos J. Quintero
>
> MZ-Tools 4.0: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET
> You can code, design and document much faster.
> http://www.mztools.com
>
>
>

> That's interesting, beacause all I see in the object browser is this:
>
> public abstract new void Delete ( System.Int32 Count )
> Member of EnvDTE.TextSelection
>
> No default value and no summary ;-(
>
> How can this be? Is it a setting in Visual Studio or am I missing some
> help
> files etc?
>
> /Emil