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

Question

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.

Microwatt

Answer 1

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

Refractory

Answer 2

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.

Bort

This is the crudest, grungiest tip I've ever heard! But it speaks to blood lost trying any other way. I love it! – Anile

I think I got this tip from Martin Fowlers Refactoring book, if you were curious :) – Bort

Answer 3

On method declaration: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+T

Janson

Answer 4

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

Pontic

Of course this only works for .NET code and not unmanaged C++ code – Bort

www.cppdepend.com - yup, virtually identical tool for C++ – Scandent