IVsFindSymbol.DoSearch Method

Article
04/29/2015

Performs the search.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function DoSearch ( _
    ByRef guidSymbolScope As Guid, _
    pobSrch As VSOBSEARCHCRITERIA2() _
) As Integer

int DoSearch(
    ref Guid guidSymbolScope,
    VSOBSEARCHCRITERIA2[] pobSrch
)

int DoSearch(
    [InAttribute] Guid% guidSymbolScope, 
    [InAttribute] array<VSOBSEARCHCRITERIA2>^ pobSrch
)

abstract DoSearch : 
        guidSymbolScope:Guid byref * 
        pobSrch:VSOBSEARCHCRITERIA2[] -> int

function DoSearch(
    guidSymbolScope : Guid, 
    pobSrch : VSOBSEARCHCRITERIA2[]
) : int

Parameters

guidSymbolScope
Type: Guid%

[in] A GUID specifying the search scope or the GUID of a library.

pobSrch
Type: array<Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.VSOBSEARCHCRITERIA2[]

[in] The search criteria.

Return Value

Type: Int32
If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

Remarks

The Visual Studio shell displays the results in the Find Symbol Results window. No results are returned by this method.

COM Signature

From vsshell80.idl:

HRESULT IVsFindSymbol::DoSearch(
   [in] REFGUID guidSymbolScope, 
   [in] const VSOBSEARCHCRITERIA2 *pobSrch
);

Notes to Callers

There are five GUIDs for specifying the search scope defined in vsshell80.idl:

GUID Name	Description
GUID_VsSymbolScope_All	Search all scopes for the symbol.
GUID_VsSymbolScope_OBSelectedComponents	Search items selected in the Object Browser for the symbol.
GUID_VsSymbolScope_FSSelectedComponents	Search items selected in the file system.
GUID_VsSymbolScope_Frameworks	Search all frameworks for the symbol.
GUID_VsSymbolScope_Solution	Search the solution for the symbol.

.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.

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