You can have the component display a search (find) dialog for the end-user to allow them to search the text (unformatted data) of cells in a sheet for a particular string of text, as shown in the following figure.

You can customize many features of the search dialog box by setting its properties. In addition, you can display a default search string in the Find what combo box. And you can set the check boxes for these options:

• Match case - finding only strings that match the case of the search string (upper or lower case).
• Match exactly - finding only strings that match the search string exactly.
• Alternate search - searching down rows then across columns rather than vice versa.
• Use wildcards - allow the use of wildcard characters in the search string.

For information about the advanced options available on the search dialog, refer to Allowing the User to Perform an Advanced Search.

For information about performing a search without a dialog, refer to Searching for Data with Code.

Using Code

Use the SearchWithDialog methods for the FpSpread component to customize the search dialog.

Example

This example provides a search dialog with several settings preset. In this case, it as an exact-match search on the fourth sheet (Sheet 3) for the phrase "Not Available" and start at the first row and column.

fpSpread1.SearchWithDialog(3,"Not Available",true,true,false,false,0,0);

fpSpread1.SearchWithDialog(3,"Not Available",True,True,False,False,0,0)