Application.FindEx method (Project)

Searches for an unfiltered value in a specified field or in all available fields; returns True if the value is found.

Syntax

expression.FindEx (Field, Test, Value, Next, MatchCase, FieldID, TestID, SearchAllFields)

expression An expression that returns an Application object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data type Description
Field Optional String The name of the field to search.
Test Optional String The type of comparison made between Field and Value. Can be one of the following comparison strings.
Value Optional String The value to compare with the field specified by Field.
Next Optional Boolean True if Project searches down for the next occurrence of a value that matches the search criteria. False if Project searches up for the next occurrence. The default value is True.
MatchCase Optional Boolean True if the search is case-sensitive. The default value is False.
FieldID Optional Variant The field identification number can be one of the PjField constants. FieldID takes precedence over any Field value.
TestID Optional Variant The test identification number can be one of the PjComparison constants. TestID takes precedence over any Test value.
SearchAllFields Optional Boolean If True, search for the specified value in all available fields. The default value is False.

Comparison strings

Comparison string Description
"equals" The value of Field equals Value.
"does not equal" The value of Field does not equal Value.
"is greater than" The value of Field is greater than Value.
"is greater than or equal to" The value of Field is greater than or equal to Value.
"is less than" The value of Field is less than Value.
"is less than or equal to" The value of Field is less than or equal to Value.
"is within" The value of Field is within Value.
"is not within" The value of Field is not within Value.
"contains" Field contains Value.
"does not contain" Field does not contain Value.
"contains exactly" Field contains exactly Value.

Return value

Boolean

Remarks

Using the FindEx method with no arguments, or without specifying Field, Test, and Value, displays the Find dialog box that has options set for the previous state. If you set SearchAllFields to True, programmatic use still requires values for the Field, Test, and Value parameters.

Example

Either of the following statements finds the next field that contains the value 2, within the set of all available fields.

FindEx Field:="Name", value:="2", Test:="contains", SearchAllFields:=True 
FindEx Field:="OtherField", value:="2", Test:="xx", FieldID:=pjTaskName, _
    TestID:=pjCompareContains, SearchAllFields:=True

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