VCFilter::Filter Property

Visual Studio 2015
 

Gets or sets a list of the file extensions associated with the filter.

Namespace:   Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll)

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property String^ Filter {
	String^ get();
	void set(String^ value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::String^

A string representing the list of file extensions for the filter.

See AddFile for more information.

See How to: Compile Example Code for Project Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this example.

The following example uses Filter in the integrated development environment (IDE):

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' Macro code.
' add reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Imports EnvDTE
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Public Module Module1
    Sub Test()
        Dim idx As Integer
        Dim filter As VCFilter
        Dim col As IVCCollection
        Dim prj As VCProject
        prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object
        col = prj.Filters
        For idx = 1 To col.Count
            filter = col.Item(idx)
            MsgBox(filter.Filter)
            filter.Filter = ".cpp;.cxx;.c"
            MsgBox(filter.Filter)
        Next
    End Sub
End Module
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