IncrementalSearch.Pattern Property
Gets the characters being processed in the current ISearch.
Namespace: EnvDTE80
Assembly: EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
ReadOnly Default Property Pattern As String
string this { get; }
property String^ default {
String^ get ();
}
abstract Pattern : string with get
function get Pattern () : String
Property Value
Type: String
The characters being processed in the current ISearch.
Remarks
This string is updated with each call to AppendCharAndSearch or DeleteCharAndBackup and represents the most current ISearch pattern.
Examples
Sub testIS2()
' Before running, open a document in Visual Studio.
' Set variables for text pane.
Dim tp As EnvDTE80.TextPane2
tp = CType(DTE.ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Object.ActivePane, _
TextPane2)
' Start an incremental search backward from
' the current insertion point in the document.
tp.IncrementalSearch.StartBackward()
' Add the character "a" to the search pattern.
tp.IncrementalSearch.AppendCharAndSearch(Asc("a"))
' Display the parent name for IncrementalSearch object.
MsgBox("IncrementalSearch parent: " & _
tp.IncrementalSearch.DTE.FullName)
MsgBox("Search pattern length: " & _
tp.IncrementalSearch.Pattern.Length)
' Perform incremental search using the pattern ("a").
tp.IncrementalSearch.SearchWithLastPattern()
' After the search, exit incremental search mode.
MsgBox("DeleteCharAndBackup")
tp.IncrementalSearch.DeleteCharAndBackup()
MsgBox("SearchForward")
tp.IncrementalSearch.SearchForward()
MsgBox("SearchBackward")
tp.IncrementalSearch.SearchBackward()
MsgBox("Exit")
tp.IncrementalSearch.Exit()
End Sub
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.