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Searches files using a subset of the options available on the Find in Files tab of the Find and Replace window.
Syntax
Edit.Find findwhat [/case] [/doc | /proc | /open | /sel]
[/markall] [/options] [/reset] [/up] [/wild | /regex] [/word]
Arguments
findwhat
Required. The text to match.
Switches
/case or /c
Optional. Matches occur only if the uppercase and lowercase characters exactly match those specified in the findwhat argument.
/doc or /d
Optional. Searches the current document only. Specify only one of the available search scopes, /doc, /proc, /open, or /sel.
/markall or /m
Optional. Places a graphic on each line that contains a search match within the current document.
/open or /o
Optional. Searches all open documents as if they were one document. Specify only one of the available search scopes, /doc, /proc, /open, or /sel.
/options or /t
Optional. Displays a list of the current find option settings and does not perform a search.
/proc or /p
Optional. Searches the current procedure only. Specify only one of the available search scopes, /doc, /proc, /open, or /sel.
/reset or /e
Optional. Returns the find options to their default settings and does not perform a search.
/sel or /s
Optional. Searches the current selection only. Specify only one of the available search scopes, /doc, /proc, /open, or /sel.
/up or /u
Optional. Searches from the current ___location in the file toward the beginning of the file. By default, searches begin at the current ___location in the file and searches towards the end of the file.
/regex or /r
Optional. Uses pre-defined special characters in the findwhat argument as notations that represent patterns of text rather than the literal characters. For a complete list of regular expression characters, see Regular Expressions.
/wild or /l
Optional. Uses pre-defined special characters in the findwhat argument as notations to represent a character or sequence of characters.
/word or /w
Optional. Searches only for whole words.
Example
This example performs a case-sensitive search for the word "somestring" in the currently selected section of code.
>Edit.Find somestring /sel /case