Find

Find window in Project Analyzer

The Find window offers an extended code search capability. You can search for code, comments or the name of a program object.

Press Ctrl+F to open the Find window. You can also use F3 to Find again.

Find options

Procedure
Find procedure name. You can also search in binaries (DLL, COM procedures).
Variable
Find variable name.
Constant
Find constant name.
Type or Enum
Find Type (UDT) or Enum name.
Code
Find text in code, but not in comments or string literals. Note on string literals: You cannot search for quoted "abc" with this option, use Any text instead.
Comment
Find text in comments only.
Any text
Find text in any of code, comments and string literals.

You can use the following wildcards in the search:
* matches any string.
? matches any single character.
# matches any single digit [0-9].
[ax-z] matches a single character in the character list.
You can use VB6's Like operator syntax.

Double-click a search result to view it. Press the Report button to create a report of the search results.

Suggested uses

Search for code that was commented out
When you need to find certain code that has been commented out earlier, use the Comment search option.
Search for code that was not commented out
Use the Code search option to ignore comments (and any code in them).
List API callback functions
Find AddressOf in code. This works mainly with classic VB, which doens't use AddressOf for any other purpose.
List Operators or Custom Events
Find Operator or Custom in code.
Locate all compound operators used (+= etc.)
Find [-+\/*^&]= in code. This does not find <<= or >>= though.

See also

Listings windows and the Constants and Enums window let you search for procedures, constants, enums, variables, parameters and modules in a more detailed way.

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