Find/Replace functions in FormBuilder

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Changes Described:

12/8/97 - lj - difference between Shift F3 and Ctrl Shift F3 is same as the difference between F3 and Ctrl F3. "Ctrl" hot keys also define text search string, while "non-Ctrl" keys only search for the search string previously defined (either via dialogue, or using "Ctrl" key feature). Example:
1) Load FedBank
2) Right click into "Middle Name" text field, so that your caret is inside the "Name" string
3) Hit Ctrl Shift F3
4) "Name" from the "First Name" field will be highlighted - e.g. Ctrl Shift F3 defined the search string - Name - and then found its previous occurence. Note that you didn't have to open Find dialogue and type there Name in order to define search string. It was done automatically based on your caret position at the moment when you hit the Ctrl Shift F3 (of course you could have also highlighted whole Name instead of just putting the caret into it)
5) Now if you move your caret into the "First", you can either hit
6) F3 - this will move selection back to the "Name", because search string is not updated if you don't press Ctrl.
7) or you can hit Ctrl F3 - this will move selection to the next "First" down the page, because Ctrl F3 first defines new search string and only after that does the search.

Implemented one more hotkey, Ctrl F3, please see the description added into my previous entry below. From 9732d it is also possible to just place caret into word which you'd like to search and whole word will become search string (e.g. you don't need to highlight word, just putting caret into it is enough).

9727d now supports case sensitive/insensitive find. I also implemented Whole Words option, so now there are 2 new checkboxes in Find and Find/Replace dialogues. One "Case Sensitive" and other "Whole Words". If you check Whole Words, then only those matches which create whole word will be reported.

Based on our other e-mails I also changed hot key assignments (please see also the Edit pulldown):
lt F3 - find (dialogue will be displayed, where you can enter new search string)
F3 - find next
Shift F3 - find previous
Ctrl F3 - find selected text (forward) - e.g. same as Alt F3 but without dialogue.
Ctrl Shift F3 - find selected text (reverse)

Please note, that F3 key doesn't switch the graphic ruler on/off any more. Either View menu Ruler item or Ruler toolbar button can be used for this purpose. There is no graphic ruler hot key in 9727d.

Find/Replace now available under Edit menu pulldown. Binary codes can be entered using ^. Example: enter ^2 into Find field to find that binary 2 in sample elx file.