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Section 17.1.1 · Chapter 17: Increase Efficiency

Finding/Replacing Texts or Addresses

This section describes how to find or replace texts or addresses using the Find/Replace dockable window or the Find/Replace dialog box.

The following is an example of the Find/Replace dockable window for finding Text/Address.
To open the window, use the Find… command on the Edit > Find and Replace menu.

find/replace

The following is an example of the Find/Replace dialog box for replacing Text/Address.
To open the dialog box, use Replace… command on the Edit > Find and Replace menu.

find/replace

The following table describes each property in the Find/Replace dockable window/dialog box.

Property

Description
Find what <Combo Box> Type the text /address you want to search for, paste it from the clipboard or click a recent entry from the list.
Match case Check this option to search only for occurrences that match the combination of uppercase and lowercase characters you enter in the Find what box.
Match whole word Check this option to search only for whole words instead of matching the text entered in the Find what box as it occurs within words.
Look in <Combo Box> Select one of the following portions of the project you want to search in.
Current screen, Current panel application’s screens, All screens, Current Macro, Current panel application’s macro, All macros, Current panel application’s tags, Tags of all panel applications.
Text/Address Click any of the listed options to specify the type of text/address to search for.
In dockable window Find Click the button to find the specified text or address with selected options. The matches for the search appear in the Find Result window. Please see Section 17.1.2. for details about the Find Result window.
Replace… Click the button to bring up the Find/Replace dialog box to do the replacing operation.
In dialog box Replace with Type the text you want to replace the find text with, paste it from the clipboard or click a recent entry from the list.
Find Next Click the button to find the next occurrence of the text/address specified in the Find what box with selected options until there are no more occurrences. The matches for the search appear in the Find Result window. Please see Section 17.1.2. for details about the Find Result window.
Replace Click this button to search for text that matches the find text, then replace it with the text in the Replace with field. The replacement information appears in the Find Result window. Please see Section 17.1.2. for details about the Find Result window.
Replace All Replaces all occurrences of the find text with the text in the Replace with field. The replacement information appears in the Find Result window. Please see Section 17.1.2. for details about the Find Result window.
Close Click the button to close the dialog box.

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Source.Section 17.1.1 of the PM Designer Software User Manual, Edition 2.0, © Cermate Technologies Inc. (www.cermate.com, service@cermate.com). Reproduced online, with the manual's own figures, by TSL Automation Solutions, authorised Cermate distributor, for users of Cermate HMI panels. PM Designer and PanelMaster are trademarks of Cermate Technologies Inc.

Text and figures are the manufacturer's and may describe features your panel or software version does not have. For a plain-language introduction read the PM Designer guide; for help with a specific panel contact TSL Automation.