Send feedback on this topic to EmurasoftSearches multiple files for matching string. The resultant list of the searched files will be displayed on the current window. If the document is not saved, this method will display the prompt message whether to save the file.
editor.FindInFiles( strFind, strPath, nFlags, nEncoding, strFilesToIgnore );
editor.FindInFiles strFind, strPath, nFlags, nEncoding, strFilesToIgnore
strFind
Specifies a string to search for.
strPath
Specifies a path to search from. It can include wild cards such as * and ?.
nFlags
Specifies a combination of the following values.
| eeFindFileNamesOnly | Displays files names only. |
| eeFindOutput | Redirects search results to the Output Bar. |
| eeFindRecursive | Searches in subfolders of the specified path. |
| eeFindReplaceCase | Matches cases. |
| eeFindReplaceEscSeq | Uses escape sequences. Cannot combine with eeFindReplaceRegExp. |
| eeFindReplaceIgnoreFiles | Ignores the files or folders specified by strFilesToIgnore. |
| eeFindReplaceOnlyWord | Searches only words. |
| eeFindReplaceRegExp | Uses a regular expression. Cannot combine with eeFindReplaceEscSeq. |
| eeFindSaveHistory | Saves the searched string for repeated search. |
| eeOpenDetectAll | Detects all encodings. |
| eeOpenDetectCharset | Detects HTML/XML Charset. |
| eeOpenDetectUnicode | Detects Unicode signature (BOM). |
| eeOpenDetectUTF8 | Detects UTF-8. |
nEncoding
Selects from the Encoding Constants, or specify any code page used in the Windows Operating System.
strFilesToIgnore
If nFlags includes eeFindReplaceIgnoreFiles, specify the file or folder names to ignore. It can include wild cards such as * and ?. To specify multiple files, use semicolons (;) to separate them.
Supported on EmEditor Professional Version 4.02 or later.
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