File Finder Dialog Box

Enables searches based on specified criteria.

• Find Now
  Performs a file search based on the options you specify on the Filer tabs.
• Edit
  Opens the files selected in the Search results list for editing.
• New Search
  Clears the options specified on the Text Search, Date Modified, and File Attributes tabs.
• Search result
  Displays the files located by the search. Double-click a file in the Search result list to open the file for editing. To open multiple files for editing, select the files and click the Edit button.

The Filer options are grouped onto the following tabs.

Tab	To access these features
Name and Location	Specify the names, extensions, and locations of the files you search for.
Text Search	Specify text strings to search for.
Date Modified	Specify the creation, modification, or access dates for the files you search for.
File Attributes	Specify the file size and file attributes of the files you search for.

Name and Location Tab

• Named
  Specifies the files you want to search for. Specify a file name and extension or any portion of a file name and extension that includes wildcard characters. Separate multiple file specifications with semicolons. For example, to display all .prg and .app files, use *.prg;*.app.

  Click the down arrow to display a list of commonly used Visual FoxPro file extensions.

• Look in
  Specifies the folder in which the search occurs. Click the down arrow to display a list of folders you've specified during the current Filer session.

• Browse
  Displays the Select Directory dialog box, making it possible for you to select the folder in which the search occurs.

• Include Subfolders
  If checked, specifies that subfolders are also searched. Note that Filer ignores System folders.

Text Search Tab

• Expression 1
  A text string to search for in the files that match the file specification on the Name and Location tab.
• Expression 2
  An additional text string to search for. Ignored if Expression 1 is empty.
• Expression 3
  An additional text string to search for. Ignored if Expression 1 and Expression 2 are empty.
• Contains any matching words
  If chosen, specifies that any of the text in the text strings specified in Expression 1, Expression 2, and Expression 3 must match for the search to be successful.
• Contains all matching words
  If chosen, specifies that all the text in the text strings specified in Expression 1, Expression 2, and Expression 3 must match for the search to be successful.
• Match case
  If checked, specifies that the word case isn't ignored for text in the text strings specified in Expression 1, Expression 2, and Expression 3.
• Match whole words
  If checked, specifies that the text in the text strings specified in Expression 1, Expression 2, and Expression 3 must match whole words for the search to be successful.

Date Modified Tab

• All Files
  If chosen, specifies that the dates that files are created, modified, or accessed are ignored in the search.
• Find all files created or modified
  If chosen, includes in the search all files created or modified between or before the specified dates.
• Find all files last accessed
  If chosen, includes in the search all files accessed between or before the specified dates.
• Between
  Available when Find all files created or modified or Find all files last accessed is chosen. Includes in the search all files created, modified, or accessed between the two specified dates.
• During the previous month(s)
  Available when Find all files created or modified or Find all files last accessed is chosen. Includes in the search all files created, modified, or accessed during the specified number of months.
• During the previous day(s)
  Available when Find all files created or modified or Find all files last accessed is chosen. Includes in the search all files created, modified, or accessed during the specified number of days.

File Attributes Tab

• Size is
  Specifies that the files included in the search are at least or at most a specified size (in kilobytes).

Exclude files with these attributes

• Read-only
  Excludes files in the search that have the read-only file attribute set.
• Archive
  Excludes files in the search that have the archive file attribute set.
• Hidden
  Excludes files in the search that have the hidden file attribute set.
• System
  Excludes files in the search that have the system file attribute set.

See Also

Options Dialog Box | Debugger Window | Beautify Options Dialog Box | Macros Dialog Box | Spelling Dialog Box | Wizard Selection Dialog Box