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 Searchresult 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.

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.

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 ormodified 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 Findall 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.

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

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.