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ILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 71
Perform Find/Replace
Purpose
Finds/replaces data according to the options in the Perform Find/Replace Options dialog box.
Format
Perform Find/Replace [No dialog; “<text to be found>”; ”<replacement
text>”; Find Next/Replace & Find/Replace/Replace All]
Options
• Perform without dialog prevents display of the Find/Replace Summary dialog box at the
end of the find/replace operation. This option also prevents display of the confirmation
dialog box when a Replace All operation is executed.
If you want the user to be able to enter find or replace criteria, use the Open Find/Replace script step.
• Perform lets you choose which action you want the find/replace to perform:
• Find Next finds an instance of the find term.
• Replace & Find finds an instance of the find term, then replaces the term and searches
for the next instance when the script is run again.
• Replace replaces highlighted text that matches the find term with the replace term.
When using the Replace action, you may need to pair the Perform Find/Replace script
step with the
Select All script step.
• Replace All finds and replaces all instances of the find term.
• Find what specifies the find term.
• Replace with specifies text to replace instances of the find term.
• Direction specifies the direction you want the find/replace to search through records.
• Match case considers the find term’s case when performing the find.
• Match whole words only omits finds where the find term is embedded in another word.
• All records/requests finds within all records/requests in the found set.
• Current records/requests restricts the find to the current record/request.
• All fields finds within every field on the layout.
• Current field restricts the find to within the active field. You can use the Go to Field script
step to select the field before the Find/Replace is performed.
Compatibility
Where the script step runs Supported
FileMaker Pro Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script No
FileMaker Go No
Custom Web Publishing No
FileMaker WebDirect No
Runtime solution Yes