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IncrementalSearch.Pattern Property

Gets the characters being processed in the current ISearch.

Namespace:  EnvDTE80
Assembly:  EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Default Property Pattern As String
'Usage
Dim instance As IncrementalSearch 
Dim value As String 

value = instance
string this { get; }
property String^ default {
    String^ get ();
}
function get Pattern () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
The characters being processed in the current ISearch.

Remarks

This string is updated with each call to AppendCharAndSearch or DeleteCharAndBackup and represents the most current ISearch pattern.

Examples

Sub testIS2()
    ' Before running, open a document in Visual Studio.
    ' Set variables for text pane.
    Dim tp As EnvDTE80.TextPane2
    tp = CType(DTE.ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Object.ActivePane, _
    TextPane2)
    ' Start an incremental search backward from
    ' the current insertion point in the document.
    tp.IncrementalSearch.StartBackward()
    ' Add the character "a" to the search pattern.
    tp.IncrementalSearch.AppendCharAndSearch(Asc("a"))
    ' Display the parent name for IncrementalSearch object.
    MsgBox("IncrementalSearch parent: " & _
    tp.IncrementalSearch.DTE.FullName)
    MsgBox("Search pattern length: " & _
    tp.IncrementalSearch.Pattern.Length)
    ' Perform incremental search using the pattern ("a").
    tp.IncrementalSearch.SearchWithLastPattern()
    ' After the search, exit incremental search mode.
    MsgBox("DeleteCharAndBackup")
    tp.IncrementalSearch.DeleteCharAndBackup()
    MsgBox("SearchForward")
    tp.IncrementalSearch.SearchForward()
    MsgBox("SearchBackward")
    tp.IncrementalSearch.SearchBackward()
    MsgBox("Exit")
    tp.IncrementalSearch.Exit()
End Sub

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See Also

Reference

IncrementalSearch Interface

IncrementalSearch Members

EnvDTE80 Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Automate an Incremental Search

How to: Search a Document Incrementally