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IncrementalSearch.DTE Property

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE
DTE DTE { get; }
property DTE^ DTE {
    DTE^ get ();
}
abstract DTE : DTE with get
function get DTE () : DTE

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.DTE
A DTE object.

Remarks

In Visual Studio, the DTE object is the root of the automation model, which other object models often call "Application".

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

EnvDTE80 Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Search for Text Incrementally

How to: Search a Document Incrementally