VCCodeElements.Find Method

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04/26/2013

Returns the specified code element of the parent object.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCCodeModel
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCCodeModel (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCCodeModel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function Find ( _
    bstrSearch As String _
) As Object

Object Find(
    string bstrSearch
)

Object^ Find(
    String^ bstrSearch
)

abstract Find : 
        bstrSearch:string -> Object

function Find(
    bstrSearch : String
) : Object

Parameters

bstrSearch
Type: String

Required. The name of the code element to search for. The string must be enclosed in double quotes.

Return Value

Type: Object
A VCCodeReference object.

Remarks

If the specified code element was not found, the method returns nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

See How to: Compile Example Code for Visual C++ Code Model Extensibility for information on how to compile and run this sample.

Examples

This example looks for the THIS_FILE variable in the 'stdafx.h' file. If the variable is not found, it is added.

' Macro code.
Sub AddThisFile()
    Try
        Dim vcCM As VCFileCodeModel
        Dim vcCodeElements As VCCodeElements
        vcCM = CType(DTE.Solution.Item(1). _
        ProjectItems.Item("stdafx.h"), VCFileCodeModel)
        vcCodeElements = vcCM.CodeElements
        If (vcCodeElements.Find("THIS_FILE") Is Nothing) Then
            Dim codeVariable As VCCodeVariable
            codeVariable = vcCM.AddVariable("THIS_FILE", "char")
        End If
    catch e as System.Exception
        MsgBox(e.Message + e.StackTrace)
    End Try
End Sub

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

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