Application Search

Use this dialog to find out in which LN software components an element, selected in the script editor, is used.

The search results are displayed in the Search view. Double-click a search result to open the corresponding script or library at the line where the result occurs.

Note: 
  • This dialog is only available for LN servers with Enterprise Server 8.7 or higher.
  • The component you are searching for must exist. If the specified component does not exist, a message is displayed.

You can start this dialog from the shortcut menu in the script editor.

Activity
The activity in which you started the Application Search command.
Expression / Component Name
The expression or component name you are searching for. The element that you selected in the script editor is automatically filled in.
Search in Scripts
If this option is selected, the expression or component name is searched in the scripts/sources of the component types specified in the Component Types field.

You can perform the search in these component types:

  • Sessions
  • Functions
  • Tables
  • Reports
  • Libraries
Search as
The component type you want to search for.

The expression or component name is searched in all parts of the component types specified in the Component Types field.

Allowed values
Value Description
Message The search process searches only for messages.

You can perform the search in these component types:

  • Sessions
  • Functions
  • Tables
  • Reports
  • Libraries
  • Domains
  • Report Designs
  • BFlow components
  • Workbenches
Question The search process searches only for questions.

You can perform the search in these component types:

  • Sessions
  • Functions
  • Libraries
  • BFlow components
Session The search process searches only for sessions.

You can perform the search in these component types:

  • Sessions
  • Functions
  • Libraries
  • BFlow components
  • Menus
BFlow Component The search process searches only for BFlow components.

You can perform the search in BFlow components.
Table/Field The search process searches for tables or table fields. The type of search depends on the length of the component name you specify in the Expression / Component Name field:
  • If you specify 8 characters or less, the search process searches for tables.
  • If you specify more than 8 characters, the search process searches for table fields.

You can perform the search in these component types:

  • Sessions
  • Functions
  • Tables
  • Reports
  • Libraries
  • BFlow components
Domain The search process searches only for domains. You can perform the search in these component types:
  • Sessions
  • Functions
  • Tables
  • Reports
  • Libraries
  • BFlow Components
  • Questions
  • Workbenches

This option is only available if it is supported by the LN server.
Library The search process searches only for libraries. You can perform the search in these component types:
  • Sessions
  • Reports
  • Functions
  • Libraries
  • Report Designs
  • Menus

This option is only available if it is supported by the LN server.
Label The search process searches only for labels. You can perform the search in these component types:
  • Sessions
  • Reports
  • Functions
  • Libraries
  • Report Designs
  • Workbenches
  • Menus
  • Domains

This option is only available if it is supported by the LN server.

The search process performs the same search actions as the "Print Where Used" sessions on the LN server. The search results are displayed in the Search view.

Note: This option is only available for LN servers with Enterprise Server 10.3 or higher.
Component Types
The component types in which the search is performed.
Package Selection
The packages in whose components the search must be performed.
Options
Extended regular expression
If this check box is selected, the search will use the specified regular expression.
A regular expression is a pattern used to match or find specific text in a string. The following special characters can be used in regular expressions to define patterns for text matching:
Special character Description
^ The end of the line
. Any character
* Takes the previous character 0 or more times
\\ Takes the following special character literally
[] One of the characters between [ ]
[^] Any character except the characters after ^
{m} The previous character exactly m times
Case sensitive
If this check box is selected, the search will distinguish uppercase from lowercase letters.
Include expired components
If this check box is selected, the search process will also search in expired components.
Exclude comment lines
If this check box is selected, the search process will not search in comment lines.
Range
From/To
The range of components in which the search must be performed.

The package code must be omitted. The specified code must start with a module code. For example, you want to search in components in the com module in the tc package. Select tc in the Package Selection field, and specify this range:

From To
com comzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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