Sets or returns the text or pattern to find.
[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Property FindWhat() As String
[Visual Basic 6]
Property Get FindWhat() As String
Property Let FindWhat( _
ByVal NewValue As String _
)
[C++]
HRESULT __stdcall get_FindWhat(
/* [out, retval] */ BSTR* retVal
);
HRESULT __stdcall put_FindWhat(
/* [in] */ BSTR NewValue
);
[C#]
public string FindWhat {get; set;}
[JScript .NET]
public function get FindWhat() : String
public function set FindWhat(
NewValue : String
)
Parameters
- NewValue
- Required. Represents the text or pattern to find.
Example
Sub FindWhatExample()
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
See Also
FindReplace Method
Applies To: Find Object