To Find and Replace a String in the Text Editor Window (Visual LISP IDE)

You can find and replace a string globally within the text editor window.

Note: The Visual LISP IDE is available on Windows only.

Find a text string

1. In Visual LISP, click Search Find.
2. In the Find dialog box, Find What box, enter the text string to search for.
3. Set the Search, Direction, and matching options. Click Find.

Replace a text string

1. In Visual LISP, click Search Replace.
2. In the Replace dialog box, Find What box, enter the text string to search for.
3. In the Replace With box, enter the text string to use as the replacement text string for the text string entered in the Find What box.
4. Set the Search, Direction, and matching options.
5. Click Replace to replace the found text with the replacement text string.
6. Continue clicking Replace until all instances of the text in the Find What box have been replaced.

   If you do not want to replace an occurrence of the text string, click Find Next to search for the next occurrence of the text string, or click Cancel to end the search.

   Note: You can also click Replace All to replace all occurrences of the search string with the replacement string.
7. Click Cancel when finished.