Visual Studio - show all calls to a function in source code level

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I am wondering if there is any way to list all the calls to a function in source code, so that I could see the dependencies if I modify that function.

One method I use is to search the function name in the "Entire Solution" but I am looking for a better way.

score 28 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 03 '08 at 02:11

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Right-click on the call and select "Find All References".

edited Dec 03 '08 at 02:11

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answered Dec 03 '08 at 02:08

Mr Fooz

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score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 03 '08 at 02:11

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A brute force method is to change the name of the function and recompile and look at the errors. Sometimes I have trouble with the Find References functionality in VS.

answered Dec 03 '08 at 02:11

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This is the crudest, grungiest tip I've ever heard! But it speaks to blood lost trying any other way. I love it! – rp. Dec 03 '08 at 02:42
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I think I got this tip from Martin Fowlers Refactoring book, if you were curious :) – grepsedawk Dec 03 '08 at 02:52

softarn · Answer 3 · 2012-02-22T10:41:48.917

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On method declaration: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+T

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answered Feb 22 '12 at 10:34

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 03 '08 at 02:19

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Use NDepend. It comes with a VS add-in that allows you to do CQL queries on the fly. See this screenshot.

answered Dec 03 '08 at 02:19

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Of course this only works for .NET code and not unmanaged C++ code – grepsedawk Dec 03 '08 at 02:27
www.cppdepend.com - yup, virtually identical tool for C++ – Andy Dent Mar 24 '11 at 02:15

Visual Studio - show all calls to a function in source code level

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