Find dialog box parameters

Description

Specify what to search for. You can either enter a new string or select a previously-searched string from the pull-down list. When the

Find

dialog box opens, this field contains either the selected text, or the text on which the caret is located.

The list of previously-searched stings is the same list that appears in the

History

list on the standard toolbar. When you perform a search, the item you search for is added to the top of the previously-searched string list.

Tip:

To search for an instruction, type the instruction's mnemonic (for example, ADD). To search for a rung edit zone, enter the ^ character (for example, ^r indicates that you wish to search for a pending edit replace).

Click the ... button (), located to the right of the

Find What

field, to display the

Search Item Browser

dialog, from which you can choose an item to search for. The ... button is only enabled when

Limit To

is set to

Text Only

,

References to Exact Tag and Its Members

, or

References to Tag

.

Choose an option from this menu to configure what the

Find What

field represents.

Tip:

This option is not available if you are searching within the Tag Editor/Data Monitor.

Select the range in which your search will be performed. When the scope to search spans multiple routines or tag listings, the order in which components are searched is the order in which they are displayed in the active organizer. The available options depend on which searchable window is active.

Select this option to wrap the search back to the beginning, once the end of the current scope is reached. When enabled,

Find

automatically wraps to the beginning. This option is selected by default.

Select this option to instruct the search to only find complete words. This includes underscore characters, all punctuation marks, and any printable character that is not valid in a tag name.

This option is always selected when you select

Use Wildcards

.

Select this option to enable the use of wildcard characters in the

Find What

field. When selected, you can use an asterisk ("*") to substitute for zero or more characters. This function is available only when

Find Where

is set to

All Programs

,

All Programs in Current Task

, or

All Programs in Current Program

.

You can use multiple wildcards, but consecutive wildcard characters ("**") are not permitted.

Select

Up

or

Down

to specify the direction to search, relative to the current position within the active searchable window.

The direction of the search can extend across multiple routines or tag collections; the search order mirrors the order of the items in the active organizer.

The default direction is

Down

.

This area indicates where the

Logix Designer

application will search. Commas separate each search location. If you click

Find Within

, this section of the dialog box expands, displaying options specific to each type of search component.

Click this button to activate the search. If nothing is found, a message notifies you.

Click this button to find every occurrence of the specified string in the

Find What

field. The results of your search are written to the

Search Results

tab of the

Output

window. From there, you can navigate to the appropriate location.

Click this button to change from the

Find

dialog box to the

Replace

dialog box. All information that you have entered in the fields on this dialog is carried over to the

Replace

dialog box.

Click this button to close the

Find

dialog.