Description

Searches the current text for a string.

Available in Ted and in Fred.

Syntax

object

Required. Object name. Returned by Ted.GetActiveArticle.

str1        

text string to be searched

str2

options for the retrieval:

U[+/-] = activates/deactivates case sensitivity

G[+/-] = activates/deactivates retrieval in entire text

B[+/-] = activates/deactivates retrieval backwards

S[+/-] = activates/deactivates retrieval inside selection

T[+/-] = activates/deactivates jump of the cursor on found element

W[+/-] = activates/deactivates whole word match

bNewSearch

Required. Boolean parameter that indicates if starting a new search in the article (true) or continue the previous one (false).

Return value

Error code

Example

Public Sub ArtFindDlg()

  If Fred.HasActiveArticle Then

    Dim dlg As New FindReplaceDlg(TedApp.GetSearchDescPtr(), False, True)

    If dlg.ShowDialog() Then

       ActiveArticle.DoFindRepl(False, False)

    End If

  End If

End Sub

Remarks

In Fred, acts only on the text elements which are linked to the current page. If a text element of an article is linked to some other page. e.g. jump page, or it's not linked to any page, this function ignores it.

Example

Ted.GetActiveArticle.Find "TeraDP", "B-", false

Context

Article object

See also

DoFindRepl, FindNext, FindReplace