References.Find(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: VSLangProj

Assembly:: VSLangProj.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.11.40262

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Searches the references in a project for an object that has the specified Identity.

public:
 VSLangProj::Reference ^ Find(System::String ^ bstrIdentity);

public:
 VSLangProj::Reference ^ Find(Platform::String ^ bstrIdentity);

VSLangProj::Reference Find(std::wstring const & bstrIdentity);

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(5)]
public VSLangProj.Reference Find (string bstrIdentity);

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(5)>]
abstract member Find : string -> VSLangProj.Reference

Public Function Find (bstrIdentity As String) As Reference

Parameters

bstrIdentity: String

Required. The Identity of the Reference object.

Returns

Reference

Returns a Reference object.

Attributes: DispIdAttribute

Examples

' Macro Editor  
Imports VSLangProj  
Public Sub FindExample()  
   ' First project is a Visual Basic or C# project.  
   Dim theVSProject As VSProject = _  
      CType(DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object, VSProject)  

   Dim refs As References = theVSProject.References  
   Dim firstIdentity As String = refs.Item(1).Identity  
   Dim firstRef As Reference = refs.Find(firstIdentity)  
   ' Are they the same object?  
   Dim isSame As Boolean = (firstRef.Identity = refs.Item(1).Identity)  
   MsgBox("Are they the same? " & isSame.ToString())  
End Sub

Remarks

Each Reference object in the References collection has an Identity. The Find method searches for and returns the Reference object with the specified Identity.

Applies to

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