ABCFind runs as an integrated part of the Visual Basic IDE. It completely replaces the default Find and Replace dialogs provided by the standard IDE.

To invoke the Find Dialog window click on the Find toolbar button (or press the Ctrl+F keys).

Text To Find

Enter the text that you wish to search for.  Click on the button to display a menu of regular expression choices.  The expression you chose from this menu will be inserted into the find text.  Click on this link for more information about regular expressions.

Regular Expressions

Check this box if the text to find contains a regular expression.  If this box is not checked then any regular expressions will be interpreted as literal text. Click on this link for more information about regular expressions.

Where to search

Specify the scope of your search from the available options.

Direction to search

Specify the direction that you wish to search from where the cursor is currently located within the code module.

Options

Case Sensitive - whether ABCFind ignores letter-casing when looking for matching text.

Whole Word Only - if checked, only search for whole words that match the search criteria.

Include Comments - if checked, include commented code in the search scope.

SourceSafe Options

This may not be displayed if you do not have SourceSafe installed or your VB Project is not integrated into SourceSafe.

Search SourceSafe - if checked, then instead of searching on the version of the code module loaded in the VB IDE, the search will be performed on the corresponding SourceSafe file. 

Search Latest Version - if selected, only the latest version of each SourceSafe file will be searched.

Search History - if selected, the latest version and all previous versions will be searched.

Date Range - if checked, you must specify the From and To Dates.  Only SourceSafe versions that were checked in between the specified dates will be searched.

Find Next

Click this button to find the next match.  The search will begin at the current cursor location.  The matching result, if any, will be added to the Search Results Window.

Find All

Click this button to find all text that matches the criteria.  The search will begin at the current cursor location.  All search results will be displayed in the Search Results Window.

Replace...

Click this button to change the Find Dialog window to the Replace Dialog window.  Click here for help on how to use the Replace Dialog Window.

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