VCFilter.Filter Property

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)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property Filter As String
    Get
    Set

string Filter { get; set; }

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

abstract Filter : string with get, set

function get Filter () : String
function set Filter (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
A string representing the list of file extensions for the filter.

Remarks

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.

Examples

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

' 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

.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

VCFilter Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace