Import Configuration dialog box - Find/Replace dialog box

Use this dialog box to specify what to search for, where to search, and to specify what to replace a found item with. Use the parameters on the Find/Replace dialog box.
NOTE: To open the Import Configuration - Find/Replace dialog, select
Find/Replace
 at the top of the Import Configuration dialog.
Find What
Specify what to search for or replace.
Enter either a new string or select from up to ten previously-searched string items from the pull-down list. The text search history is only good for the current import session. For the next import, the search history is not present.
Also use the pull-down list to search for Differences, Collisions, or New Components. These options help to quickly browse to these types of entries in the
Import Configuration
 dialog box.
Replace With
Specify what text should replace the text that is found by
Find
. The selected text is only replaced if it matches what is in
Find What
.
Enter either a new string or select from up to ten previously-searched string items from the pull-down list. The text search history is good only for the current import session. For the next import, the search history is not present.
Replace With
 is not enabled if
Differences
,
New Components
, or
Collisions
 is in
Find What
.
Use Wildcards
Select this check box to use the wildcard function in the search.
Use Wildcards
 is not enabled when
Differences
,
New Components
, or
Collisions
is in
Find What
.
When the Wildcard check box is selected, asterisks in either the
Find What
 or
Replace With
 boxes are interpreted as wildcard characters.
If using an asterisk in
Find What
, a search is done for any series of characters that match zero or more alphanumeric characters defined in the search criteria. Do not use double asterisks (**) in
Find What
.
If using an asterisk in
Replace With
, any text that matches the criteria in
Find What
 is substituted with the text in
Replace With
.
Replace With
 must contain between 0 and up to the number of wildcards in
Find What
. That is, if using 2 wildcards in
Find What
, use 0, or 1, or 2 wildcards in
Replace With
.
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When using wildcards, if
Find What
 does not begin with an asterisk, the beginning of the found text will match a space or the beginning of a line. Similarly, if
Find What
 does not end with an asterisk, the found text matches only a space or the end of a line. For example, if searching for
tank*
,
fish_tank
 is not found because the partial word
tank
 does not come after a space or at the end of a line.
See these examples.
Find What Field
Replace With Field
Text Found
Result
tk1_*_001
PRE_*_010
tk1_me_001
PRE_me_010
tk3_*
tk4_*
tk3_unit
tk4_unit
*001
*002
mi_2001
mi_2002
*tank*
*TNK*
M1_tank003
M1_TNK003
*
PRE_*
a_name
PRE_a_name
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The search returns different results based on if
Use Wildcards
 is selected or cleared. For example:
  • If
    Use Wildcards
     is cleared, and search for the word
    dint
    , the search results will include text such as
    BaseTag_DINT
    .
  • If
    Use Wildcards
     is selected, and search for the word
    dint,
    the search results will not include text such as
    BaseTag_DINT
    . When
    Use WildCard
     is selected, an asterisk in the form of *dint or *dint* must be in
    Find What
     for text such as
    BaseTag_DINT
    to be included in the search results.
Search current view only
Select this check box to limit the Find, Replace, and Replace All search options to only the opened configuration dialog box.
Direction
Select
Up
or
Down
to specify which direction to search in the configuration dialog box.
Find Within
Select to find text within one or more of these fields:
  • Import Name
  • Final Name
  • Description
  • Alias For
  • Data Type
  • Parameter
Only the fields that are selected are searched. The
Final Name
 is selected by default.
The check boxes are not enabled if
Differences
,
New Components
, or
Collisions is
in
Find What
.
Find Next
Moves the cursor in the
Import Configuration
 dialog box to the next or previous instance of the text string or choice specified in
Find What
, depending upon whether
Up
or
Down
is selected under
Direction
.
Find Next
 is not enabled when
Find What
 is empty.
Replace
Select to replace the selected text with the current text in
Replace With
.
Replace
is not enabled
when
Find What
 is empty or has
Differences
,
New Components
, or
Collisions
.
Replace All
Select to replace all instances of the search text specified in
Find What
 with the text specified in
Replace With
.
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If an instance of the text is found in a field that is not available to edit, the text in the unavailable field will not be replaced with the text specified in
Replace With
.
When all instances have been replaced, a summary of the results is listed in the
Errors
pane.
A message is also shown in the status bar that summaries the results.
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