Find2.Parent Property

Gets the immediate parent object of a Find object.

Namespace:  EnvDTE80
Assembly:  EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Parent As DTE

DTE Parent { get; }

property DTE^ Parent {
    DTE^ get ();
}

abstract Parent : DTE

function get Parent () : DTE

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.DTE
A DTE object.

Implements

Find.Parent

Remarks

The Parent property returns the immediate parent of the Find object.

Examples

public void Example(DTE2 dte)
{
   try
      {
      TextDocument objTextDoc;
      EditPoint objEditPoint;
      Find objFind;

      // Make an active text document before running this code.
      objTextDoc = (TextDocument)dte.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument");

      // Create editpoint.
      objEditPoint = objTextDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint();
      objEditPoint.Insert("An additional line" + (Char)13);

      // Create Find.
      objFind = objTextDoc.DTE.Find;

      // Set Find options and execute.
      objFind.Action = vsFindAction.vsFindActionFind;
      objFind.FindWhat = "line";
      if (objFind.Execute() == vsFindResult.vsFindResultFound)
         MessageBox.Show("Text found in " + objFind.Parent.FullName + " application.");
      else
         MessageBox.Show("Text not found" + objFind.Parent.FullName + " application.");

      // Show Find object DTE property.
      MessageBox.Show(objFind.DTE.Name);
   }
   catch (Exception ex)
   {
      MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
   }
}

.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.

See Also

Reference

Find2 Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples