Application Search

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
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