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Serge Rogatch
Serge Rogatch

Reputation: 15020

How to find derived classes in a solution in Visual Studio 2013?

In Visual Studio 2013 when I go to Class View, then search for a class, then expand "Derived Types" folder it shows me only the classes derived from this class in the current project, but not the whole solution. Is there a way to find all the derived classes in the solution in Visual Studio 2013 or perhaps some plugins? The language in focus is C++ (unmanaged).

Upvotes: 1

Views: 503

Answers (1)

Agnel Kurian
Agnel Kurian

Reputation: 59456

I have the same question. So far I am making do with a regular expression that matches part of the declaration of the derived class: 

:\s*(public|private|protected)?\s+ClassName

For example when searching for all classes derived from class A in the following:

class B : public A {};

The regular expression tries to match the : public A. Note this will not work when A is not first base class in the list of base classes. Also does not work for indirect descendants.

Upvotes: 1

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