Searching Files

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You can search the contents of you projects based on any combination of the following criteria:

Running a Search

To start a search, do one of the following:

Saving and Reusing Search Criteria

The Search Results window is cleared every time you close it or run a new search. You cannot save search results, but you can save search criteria to run the same search again.

To save search criteria:

  1. In the Find dialog box, enter search criteria on any of the tabs.
  2. Click Save Settings As and enter a name for the criterion.

    The IDE saves the criteria on each tab of the Find dialog box separately. If you entered several types of criteria, you have to save and reload the criteria in each tab separately.

To reuse search criteria:

  1. In the Find dialog box, select the tab for which you saved search criteria.
  2. Click Restored Saved and select the saved criteria.

    Note that the IDE only saves the search criteria and not the location on which you ran the search. The IDE runs the search on whichever node is selected in the IDE.

See Also
Regular Expressions For Finding and Replacing Text
Comparing Two Files in the IDE
Accessing Files Outside of a Project
Specifying Files to Ignore
Scanning for TODOs in Source Code

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