Find

The Find window offers an extended VB code search capability. You can search for code, comments or the name of a program object. Press Ctrl+F to open the Find window. Press F3 to Find again.

Search term

You can use the following wildcards in the search term:
* matches any string.
? matches any single character.
# matches any single digit [0-9].
[ax-z] matches a single character in the list.
[!ax-z] matches a single character not in the list.

The syntax is equal to the VB6 Like operator. Tips: To search for *, write [*]. To search for ?, write [?]. To search for #, write [#].

Search options

Procedure: Find procedure by name. You can also search in binaries (DLL, COM procedures).
Variable: Find variable by name.
Constant: Find constant by name.
Type or Enum: Find Type (UDT) or Enum by name.
Code: Find text in code, but not in comments or string literals.
Code or String: Find text in code or string literals, but not in comments. Note: To search for a string literal such as "abc", use this option.
Comment: Find text in comments only.
Any text: Find text in any of code, comments and string literals.

Results list

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 doesn'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, which you need to find separately.
Search for hard-coded file names: Find "*.[!"][!"][!"]" in Code or String.
Search for hard-coded date or time literals: Find [#]*[/:]*[#] in Code.

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