Find and Replace Dialog Box

The Find and Replace dialog box displays the following items:

Find Tab

Item

Description

Find What

Specifies the text you want to search for (the search string).

Match Case

Select this check box to limit your search to only the values that match the exact case of the search string.

Whole Word Only

Select this check box to limit your search to only whole words that match the search string.  A whole word is any text delimited by a carriage return, a line feed, a space, a hyphen (-), a semi-colon (;), a colon (:), a comma (,), a period (.), an underscore (_), an exclamation point (!), quotation marks ("), an apostrophe ('), or the following characters: (, ), {, }, [, ].  

Data Source Only

Select this check box to limit your search to only data sources that match the search string.

Include Scripts

Select this check box to expand your search to include the scripts associated with the current picture or schedule.  

Find Button

Use this button to display any value that matches the search string.  On the Replace tab, only values you can modify appear.  These values can be picture and scheduler properties, or property values of objects in your pictures.   

Match List

Displays the properties and property values that match the search string after you click the Find button.  

On the Replace tab, a preview of the replaced text also appears when you click Replace Preview.  You can jump to the current picture, schedule, or one of the objects in the list by double-clicking it.  

Stop Button

Use this button to stop the search or replace in progress.  

Go To Button

Use this button to jump to the object, picture, or schedule selected in the Match List list box.   Before jumping, the iFIX WorkSpace closes the Find and Replace dialog box.  If you jump to an object, the iFIX WorkSpace selects it after the dialog box closes.  

Replace Tab

Item

Description

Find What

Specifies the text you want to search for (the search string).

Replace With

Specifies the text you want to substitute for the search string.  

Match Case

Select this check box to limit your search to only the values that match the exact case of the search string.  

Whole Word Only

Select this check box to limit your search to only whole words that match the search string.  A whole word is any text delimited by a carriage return, a line feed, a space, a hyphen (-), a semi-colon (;), a colon (:), a comma (,), a period (.), an underscore (_), an exclamation point (!), quotation marks ("), an apostrophe ('), or the following characters: (, ), {, }, [, ].  

Data Source Only

Select this check box to limit your search to only data sources that match the search string.

Include Scripts

Select this check box to expand your search to include the scripts associated with the current picture or schedule.  

Find Button

Use this button to display any value that matches the search string.  On the Replace tab, only values you can modify appear.  These values can be picture and scheduler properties, or property values of objects in your pictures.   

Replace Selected

Use this button to replace only the property value you select from the Match List box.  

Replace All

Use this button to replace all property values found.  

Replace Preview

Use this button to display the results of replacing all property values in the Match List list box.  

Match List

Displays the properties and property values that match the search string.  On the Replace tab, a preview of the replaced text also appears when you click Replace Preview.  You can jump to the current picture, schedule, or one of the objects in the list by double-clicking it.  

Stop Button

Use this button to stop the search or replace in progress.  

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