Find Interface

Definition

public interface class Find

public interface class Find

__interface Find

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("40D4B9B6-739B-4965-8D65-692AEC692266")]
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.TypeLibType(4160)]
public interface Find

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("40D4B9B6-739B-4965-8D65-692AEC692266")]
public interface Find

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("40D4B9B6-739B-4965-8D65-692AEC692266")>]
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.TypeLibType(4160)>]
type Find = interface

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("40D4B9B6-739B-4965-8D65-692AEC692266")>]
type Find = interface

Public Interface Find

Derived

EnvDTE80.Find2

Attributes

GuidAttribute TypeLibTypeAttribute

Examples

Sub FindExample()  
   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  

Remarks

The Find object allows you to search for and replace text in places of the environment that support such operations, such as the Code editor.

It is intended primarily for macro recording purposes. The editor's macro recording mechanism uses Find rather than TextSelection.FindPattern so that you can discover the global find functionality, and because it generally is more useful than using the TextSelection object for such operations as Find-in-files.

The Visual Studio environment has a global find state that is shared across all its tools that provides search capabilities. For example, all Visual Studio elements share the history of search patterns used during a session and whether the next Find operation for open documents should be forwards or backwards. The Find object's properties interact with and track the global find state. When you set properties on the Find object, you also set the global find state. If users perform a Find operation through the environment, the Find object reflects the kind of search they performed. Because automation code runs synchronously with the environment's UI thread, you do not need to set some of the properties and have the user perform a search before you can call the Execute.

The Execute method performs a Find operation based on the settings of the Find object. You can also pass arguments to the FindReplace method to perform a search without affecting the global find state. It is important for automation clients to be able to perform a search without affecting the global find state or interfering with the end user's model of the environment's state.

Properties

Methods

Applies to