Gets or sets how to find, such as find next match, find all, replace and find, and so forth.
Namespace: EnvDTE
Assembly: EnvDTE (in envdte.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Property Action As vsFindAction
Dim instance As Find
Dim value As vsFindAction
value = instance.Action
instance.Action = value
vsFindAction Action { get; set; }
property vsFindAction Action {
vsFindAction get ();
void set ([InAttribute] vsFindAction pAction);
}
/** @property */
vsFindAction get_Action ()
/** @property */
void set_Action (/** @attribute InAttribute() */ vsFindAction pAction)
function get Action () : vsFindAction
function set Action (pAction : vsFindAction)
Property Value
A
vsFindAction constant representing the type of find action to take.
Example
Sub ActionExample()
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