Remove Method of the Text Object

Remove method of the Text Object in the ABBYY FineReader Engine API — Removes a range of text specified by from-paragraph/from-symbol and to-paragraph/to-symbol positions.

This method removes a range of text specified by the positions of paragraphs and symbols.

Syntax

C++

HRESULT Remove(
  int FromParagraph,
  int FromPos,
  int ToParagraph,
  int ToPos
);

C#

void Remove(
  int FromParagraph,
  int FromPos,
  int ToParagraph,
  int ToPos
);

Visual Basic .NET

Sub Remove( _
  FromParagraph As Integer, _
  FromPos As Integer, _
  ToParagraph As Integer, _
  ToPos As Integer _
)

Parameters

FromParagraph

[in] Variable specifying the index of the paragraph for the starting point of the range to be removed.

FromPos

[in] Variable specifying the index of character in the starting paragraph, for the starting point of the range to be removed.

ToParagraph

[in] Variable specifying the index of the paragraph for the ending point of the range to be removed.

ToPos

[in] Variable specifying the index of character in the ending paragraph, for the ending point of the range to be removed. This character itself is not removed from the text.

Return values

This method has no specific return values. It returns the standard return values of ABBYY FineReader Engine functions.

Remarks

The ending position for the text to be removed should be farther in the text than the starting one; otherwise, an error code is returned. The symbol in (FromParagraph;FromPos) position is removed from the text, while the character in (ToParagraph;ToPos) position is not removed.

See also

Text

RemoveAll