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Declare Event

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Declares an event for an undeclared reference.

#Availability

From the context menus or via shortcuts:

  • when the edit cursor or caret is on an undeclared event name to the left of the += operator, provided that the right part of the statement contains a new delegate creation.

#Example

class TestClass
{
    public void TestMethod()
    {MyEvent += new MyEventHandler(ProcessMyEvent);
    }
    private void ProcessMyEvent(string message)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(message);
    }
    public delegate void MyEventHandler(string message);
}
Public Class TestClass
    Public Sub TestMethod()MyEvent += New MyEventHandler(ProcessMyEvent)
    End Sub
    Private Sub ProcessMyEvent(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        Console.WriteLine("processing MyEvent");
    End Sub
    Public Delegate Sub MyEventHandler(message As String)
End Class

Result:

class TestClass
{
    public event TestClass.MyEventHandler MyEvent;
    public void TestMethod()
    {
        MyEvent += new MyEventHandler(ProcessMyEvent);
    }
    private void ProcessMyEvent(string message)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(message);
    }
    public delegate void MyEventHandler(string message);
}
Public Class TestClass
    Public Event MyEvent As CodeProvidersTestVB.TestClass.MyEventHandler
    Public Sub TestMethod()
        MyEvent += New MyEventHandler(ProcessMyEvent)
    End Sub
    Private Sub ProcessMyEvent(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        Console.WriteLine("processing MyEvent");
    End Sub
    Public Delegate Sub MyEventHandler(message As String)
End Class