Find Dialog Box

Contains options that make it possible for you to search for text.

Shortcuts

Visual FoxPro adds several ways to access Find from the keyboard.

• Look For
  Specifies the text string for which to search.

  To search for special characters, type the following C language representations in the text boxes in the Find dialog box.

  To search for	Type
  Enter	\r
  Tab	\t
  Backslash	\\
  New line (line feed)	\n

In Visual FoxPro, searches support wildcards.

• Options
  These options define the limits and direction of the search. If you specify text to search for and do not get the expected results, make sure you have the correct options selected.

  • Match Case   Locates text that exactly matches the combination of uppercase and lowercase letters you type in the Look For box.

  • Wrap Around   Searches the current file from the insertion point to the end of the file and then from the beginning of the file to the original insertion point.

  • Match Whole Word   Locates distinct occurrences of words, not groups of characters inside words.

  • Search Backward   Searches backwards from the current insertion point position to the beginning of the file.

  • Use wildcards   Makes it possible for you to use wildcard characters in your search text.

    With Use wildcards cleared, a literal search is conducted for any characters. When Use wildcards is selected, the following rules apply:

    Character	Description	Usage
    ?	Any single character	Specified in place of the missing character.
    *	Zero or more characters	Specified in place of the missing character/s.
    #	Any single digit	Specified in place of the missing digit.
    <	Beginning of a word	Finds expression at beginning of a word.
    >	End of a word	Finds expression at end of a word. Must be placed after characters to search.
    [charlist]	Set of characters	Matches any one of the specified characters in the brackets. Set can be a range, separated by a dash (–) (for example, [a-d]).
    [!charlist]	Exclude characters	Matches any character except those following the exclamation mark in brackets.
    \	Escape	Matches the character following the backslash (\). This makes it possible for you to find characters used in the regular expression notation, such as * and >.

• Scope
  Defines how extensive the search is. The Scope options are enabled when you are editing a procedure in a Code window.
  • Current Procedure   Searches only the current procedure, which is displayed in the Code window.
  • Current Object   Searches all procedures (event code) in the current (selected) object.
  • All Objects   Searches all procedures (event code) in all objects in the current form or form set.
• Find Next
  Finds the next occurrence of the string you typed in the Look For box.
• Replace
  Expands the dialog box by adding a Replace All button and the Replace With text entry box, in which you can specify replacement text.

See Also

Replace Dialog Box | Paste Special Dialog Box | Find Files/Text | Go To Line Dialog Box | Insert Object Dialog Box | Change Icon Dialog Box | Edit Links Dialog Box | Code window