Declarations Element (IntelliSense Code Snippets)
Specifies the literals and objects that make up the parts of a code snippet that you can edit.
<CodeSnippets>
<CodeSnippet>
<Snippet>
<Declarations>
<Declarations>
<Literal>... </Literal>
<Object>... </Object>
</Declarations>
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
None.
Child Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
Optional element. Defines the literals of the code snippet that you can edit. There may be zero or more Literal elements in a Declarations element. |
|
Optional element. Defines the objects of the code snippet that you can edit. There may be zero or more Object elements in a Declarations element. |
Parent Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
Contains the references, imports, declarations, and code for the code snippet. |
Example
The following code example shows how to declare a literal with an ID element value of SQL and an object with an ID element value of Connection.
<CodeSnippets xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
<CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
<Header>
<!-- Insert Header information here. -->
</Header>
<Snippet>
<Declarations>
<Literal>
<ID>SQL</ID>
<ToolTip>Replace with a SQL connection string.</ToolTip>
<Default>"SQL connection string"</Default>
</Literal>
<Object>
<ID>Connection</ID>
<Type>System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection</Type>
<ToolTip>Replace with a connection object in your application.</ToolTip>
<Default>dcConnection</Default>
</Object>
</Declarations>
<Code Language="CSharp">
<!-- Insert code here. -->
</Code>
</Snippet>
</CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>