Find and Replace

There are several types of search that are used to find and edit various code parts in the development environment.

Find

To open the search dialog box, execute one of the operations:

Select the Edit > Find main menu item.
Press CTRL+F.
Click the Search button on the toolbar in the web application.

In the search dialog box:

Specify text to search in the Find box.
Select required search options.
Specify search scope.
Click the Find Next button or press the ENTER key.

If the search has been successful, the cursor moves to the found line and the searched text is highlighted in this line.

To continue the search, click the Find Next button or press the ENTER key. To go back to the previous search result, in the web application click the Find Previous button.

When the end of a unit or form is reached, the search starts from the beginning. An appropriate information message is displayed when the search reaches its beginning.

If the search fails, the "No line occurrence has been found" message is displayed.

Replace

To open the replace dialog box:

Select the Edit > Replace main menu item.
Click the Search button on the toolbar, then click the Replace button on the search bar in the web application.
Press CTRL+H.

Enter text to search in the Find box. In the Replace box enter the text, with which the found text should be replaced.

Clicking the Replace button for the first time finds the first match for the searched text. If the search has been successful, the cursor moves to the found line and the searched text is highlighted in this line. Clicking the Replace button for the second time replaces the found text and finds the next match.

Clicking the Replace All button replaces all found line matches.

Find and Replace Parameters

Match Case. Distinguish uppercase and lowercase letters.
Match Whole Word. Search for a whole word or subline.
Search Up. Search from the place where pointer shows to the beginning of the unit.
Current Unit. Search only in the unit, for which the dialog box has been opened.
All Opened Units. Search in the current unit as well as in all opened units.
Only in Selected. Search only in selected range of unit lines.

To select search scope, use the drop-down menu of the Search Type button.

Find in Units

To search for all units or forms of an active repository:

Select the Find in Units panel in the tab area.
Select the Edit > Find in Units main menu item.

Enter the searched text in the Find box and press the ENTER key, after which search in the entire application code will be executed.

Search Results

Search results in repository unit code are displayed on the Find in Units panel.

The panel/dialog box contains the following information:

Full text of the line where the element was found.
Identifier of the unit or web form where the element was found.
The number of line where the text was found.

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