Find.PatternSyntax Property

Definition

Gets or sets the syntax used to specify the search pattern.

public:
 property EnvDTE::vsFindPatternSyntax PatternSyntax { EnvDTE::vsFindPatternSyntax get(); void set(EnvDTE::vsFindPatternSyntax value); };
public:
 property EnvDTE::vsFindPatternSyntax PatternSyntax { EnvDTE::vsFindPatternSyntax get(); void set(EnvDTE::vsFindPatternSyntax value); };
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(11)]
public EnvDTE.vsFindPatternSyntax PatternSyntax { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(11)] get; [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(11)] set; }
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(11)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(11)>]
[<set: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(11)>]
member this.PatternSyntax : EnvDTE.vsFindPatternSyntax with get, set
Public Property PatternSyntax As vsFindPatternSyntax

Property Value

A vsFindPatternSyntax constant representing the type of syntax used for the search pattern.

Attributes

Examples

Sub PatternSyntaxExample()  
   Dim objTextDoc As TextDocument  
   Dim objEditPt As EditPoint  
   Dim iCtr As Integer  
   Dim objFind As Find  

   ' Create a new text file.  
   DTE.ItemOperations.NewFile("General\Text File")  

   ' Get a handle to the new document and create an EditPoint.  
   objTextDoc = DTE.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument")  
   objEditPt = objTextDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint  
   objFind = objTextDoc.DTE.Find  

   ' Insert ten lines of text.  
   For iCtr = 1 To 10  
      objEditPt.Insert("This is a test." & Chr(13))  
   Next iCtr  

   ' Set the find options.  
   objFind.Action = vsFindAction.vsFindActionReplaceAll  
   objFind.Backwards = False  
   objFind.FilesOfType = "*.txt"  
   objFind.FindWhat = "test"  
   objFind.KeepModifiedDocumentsOpen = True  
   objFind.MatchCase = False  
   objFind.MatchInHiddenText = False  
   objFind.MatchWholeWord = True  
   objFind.PatternSyntax = vsFindPatternSyntax.vsFindPatternSyntaxLiteral  
   objFind.ReplaceWith = "NEW THING"  
   objFind.ResultsLocation = vsFindResultsLocation.vsFindResultsNone  
   objFind.SearchPath = "c:\temp"  
   objFind.SearchSubfolders = False  
   objFind.Target = vsFindTarget.vsFindTargetCurrentDocument  
   ' Perform the Find operation.  
   objFind.Execute()  
End Sub  

Applies to