Script Steps Reference

Editing script steps
F
ILEMAKER PRO SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 72
Perform Find/Replace
Purpose
Finds/replaces data according to the options in the Perform Find/Replace Options dialog box.
Format
Perform Find/Replace [With dialog: On/Off; “<text to be found>”;
”<replacement text>”; Find Next/Replace & Find/Replace/Replace All]
Options
• With dialog specifies whether to display the Find/Replace Summary dialog box at the end
of the find/replace operation. Setting With dialog to Off 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.