VCCodeElements.CreateUniqueID Method

Creates a programmatic identifier that does not collide with other identifiers in the scope, and follows the current language naming rules. This method is not implemented in Visual C#.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function CreateUniqueID ( _
    Prefix As String, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef NewName As String _
) As Boolean
bool CreateUniqueID(
    string Prefix,
    out string NewName
)
bool CreateUniqueID(
    [InAttribute] String^ Prefix, 
    [InAttribute] [OutAttribute] String^% NewName
)
abstract CreateUniqueID : 
        Prefix:string * 
        NewName:string byref -> bool
function CreateUniqueID(
    Prefix : String, 
    NewName : String
) : boolean

Parameters

  • Prefix
    Type: System.String

    Required. The prefix string or whole name to check to see whether or not it is unique for the collection of code elements.

  • NewName
    Type: System.String%

    Optional. If supplied, this returns with a guaranteed unique name.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the name is a unique identifier, false if it is not.

Remarks

CreateUniqueID returns whether Prefix is a unique identifier in the collection of code elements. If the second argument, NewName, is supplied, then it returns a unique name based on Prefix as a prefix (possibly the same characters with no additional characters). The return value, however, always returns whether Prefix is unique, regardless of whether the second argument is supplied.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

VCCodeElements Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCCodeModel Namespace