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Searching for files
To search for files, enter part of a file name in the “Search” textbox and press [Enter]. This will find all files where the entered text is part of the file name. Searching is done using $. An empty search text will find all files
Searching for files - Advanced
You can use wildcards (‘?’ and ‘*’) in your search as well. This, too, finds all files where the entered text is part of the file name. Searching is done using LIKE().
Searching using wildcards find matches within the file name. (This is accomplished by catenating ‘*’ before and after the search text.)
To find file names beginning with text you enter, begin with ‘^’.
To find file names ending with text you enter, end with ‘$’
Searching for file name extensions
To restrict your search to a particular file name extension, enter a dot and the extension after the search text. For example, “JOB.PRG” would find all PRG files that contain the text “JOB”
You can use wildcards when specifying an extension. “JOB.?CX” would search all forms and class libraries.
You can search multiple file extensions by entering each of them, separated by dots. Thus, you could also search all forms and class libraries by entering “JOB.SCX.VCX”
Multiple searches
To specify multiple search terms, separate them by ‘|’. This will find all files matching any of the search terms. “JOB|PART” finds all find containing the text “JOB” or “PART”
Searching for class names
Searching for class names follows the same rules as explained above about searching for file names. Searching is performed through all the files specified in the file search field (which may be left blank to indicate all files), but only those with PRG and VCX extensions.
If a base class is specified, only those classes matching this base class are found. Note that it is not always possible to determine the base class of VCX based classes.
Dockable vs not-dockable
By default, the form is dockable. This choice was not made because of the expectation that the form will ever be docked, but rather because of three effects of making it dockable.
When opened, it goes on top of all other forms, including other dockable forms.
It can be moved outside the visible FoxPro screen
The setting for Dockable can be turned off by right-clicking the titlebar of the form
You can turn off the Dockable setting, allowing the form to go behind other non-dockable windows, if desired, as long as you are careful to do so when the form is within the FoxPro screen and is not on top of a dockable window.