References.Find Method

Searches the references in a project for an object that has the specified Identity.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function Find ( _
    bstrIdentity As String _
) As Reference

Reference Find(
    string bstrIdentity
)

Reference^ Find(
    [InAttribute] String^ bstrIdentity
)

abstract Find : 
        bstrIdentity:string -> Reference

function Find(
    bstrIdentity : String
) : Reference

Parameters

• bstrIdentity
  Type: String

  Required. The Identity of the Reference object.

Return Value

Type: VSLangProj.Reference
Returns a Reference object.

Remarks

Each Reference object in the References collection has an Identity. The Find method searches for and returns the Reference object with the specified Identity.

Examples

' Macro Editor
Imports VSLangProj
Public Sub FindExample()
   ' First project is a Visual Basic or C# project.
   Dim theVSProject As VSProject = _
      CType(DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object, VSProject)
        
   Dim refs As References = theVSProject.References
   Dim firstIdentity As String = refs.Item(1).Identity
   Dim firstRef As Reference = refs.Find(firstIdentity)
   ' Are they the same object?
   Dim isSame As Boolean = (firstRef.Identity = refs.Item(1).Identity)
   MsgBox("Are they the same? " & isSame.ToString())
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.

See Also

Reference

References Interface

VSLangProj Namespace