VCCodeElements.Find(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCCodeModel

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCCodeModel.dll

Returns the specified code element of the parent object.

public:
 System::Object ^ Find(System::String ^ bstrSearch);

public:
 Platform::Object ^ Find(Platform::String ^ bstrSearch);

winrt::Windows::Foundation::IInspectable Find(std::wstring const & bstrSearch);

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(512)]
public object Find (string bstrSearch);

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(512)>]
abstract member Find : string -> obj

Public Function Find (bstrSearch As String) As Object

Parameters

bstrSearch

String

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

Returns

Object

A VCCodeReference object.

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

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  

Remarks

If the specified code element was not found, the method returns null.

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