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pagates - 16 Jan 2006 15:36 GMT

Hi All,

This question is in regards to VS2003 (using C#, if that's important), but I
would appreciate any comments on VS2005 (if there is a difference), as I will
be moving to that "soon."

I am making a first attempt at creating my own Add-In (more as an exercise
in doing so than for any really useful functionality). Anyway, I would like
to be able to "grab" the currently selected text, much like the Help or
Find/Replace functions do. Hopefully, this is a fairly straight-forward
request.

Thanks,
pagates

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Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] - 17 Jan 2006 10:37 GMT

Hi,

Since this is a FAQ, I have just written a KB article about it (it can take
some minutes to appear live yet):

HOWTO: Get the selected text from a Visual Studio .NET macro or add-in.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555557

You have lots of resources to get started with add-ins on my web site
(below)

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Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

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> pagates

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