Find text dialog window

Choose Find (Ctrl+F) to display the Find Text dialog window.

Specify text you want to find and to set options that affect the search.

Find locates the placement of code containing occurrence of the string and highlights it.

Dialog box options

Option Meaning
Text to find A search string. You can click the down arrow next to the input box to select from a list of previously entered searches.
Case sensitive Match unicode letter case. Differentiates uppercase from lowercase when performing a search.
Whole words only Searches for words only. In other words, match only text at end or start and (or) surrounded by white spaces. If this option off, the search text might be found within other words.
Regular expressions Recognizes regular expressions. If this option is selected, new two options appears:
  • Space compress - handle several consecutive white spaces as one white space. This applies to the pattern as well as the search text.
  • Ignore non-spacing chars
Origin Where the search starts:
  • From current position - the search starts at the cursor's current position;
    Entire - the search covers either the entire block of selected text or the entire file.
Scope Two options available:
  • Global - the entire file
  • Selected text - searches only the selected text
Direction Direction to search:
  • Forward - from the current position to the end of the file;
  • Backward - from the current position to the beginning of the file.
Search Directory Options Search directory options are:
  • Directory - specify the path of the files to be searched;
  • Which files - select file types to search
  • Include subdirectories - if selected, subdirectories from the directory path specified are also searched.
Where Which files to search:
  • Search current file - searches file that is current;
  • Search all open files- searches files that are currently open;
  • Search in directories - when selected, the Search Directory Options are available:
Action You can select one of four available actions:
  • Show found lines in Info panel
  • Create description file in folder where search started
  • Create index files in folder where search started
  • Pass found text selection to the external program or DLL

If Pass found text selection to the external program or DLL option was selected, Program or DLL option appears.

Program or DLL e.g. split.dll#splitByNumber Choose program from list of executable files. 

Note that dialog pass to the external program selection in temporary created file and substitute name of temporary file at the end of command string. Therefore all required parameters must be provided before last option where file name is passed.

Alternatively, it is possible to call library function. Browse DLLs and select what do you want to use. Then add '#' sign to the end of DLL path and name of function contained in DLL. This is void function (PChar*filename).

See also: regular expressions Replace text dialog Keyboard shortcuts XPath Query XPath expressions