Function Element (IntelliSense Code Snippets)

Specifies a function to execute when the literal or object receives focus in Visual Studio.

<CodeSnippets>
   <CodeSnippet>
     <Snippet>
       <Declarations>
         <Literal>
           <Function>
             <Object>
               <Function>

<Function>
    FunctionName
</Function>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Text Value

A text value is required.

This text specifies a function to execute when the literal or object field receives focus in Visual Studio.

Remarks

The Function element is only supported in Visual C# code snippets. For a complete list of supported functions, see Code Snippet Functions.

Example

The following code example shows an example of the GenerateSwitchCases function. This function generates a case statement for each value in the enumeration specified in $expression$.

<CodeSnippets xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
    <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
        <Header>
            <!-- Insert Header information here. -->
        </Header>
        <Snippet>
            <Declarations>
                <Literal>
                    <ID>expression</ID>
                    <ToolTip>Expression to switch on.</ToolTip>
                    <Default>switch_on</Default>
                </Literal>
                <Literal Editable="false">
                    <ID>cases</ID>
                    <Function>GenerateSwitchCases($expression$)</Function>
                    <Default>default:</Default>
                </Literal>
            </Declarations>
            <Code Language="CSharp">
                <![CDATA[
                    switch ($expression$)
                    {
                         $cases$
                    }
                ]]>
            </Code>
        </Snippet>
    </CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>

See Also

Reference

Code Snippet Functions

Concepts

Code Snippets Schema Reference