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Finding and replacing data
As in a word processing application, you can find and replace data across multiple fields (including related fields) in a record or in a find request, across a found set of records or find requests, or across text objects in a layout.
To find and replace data:
1. In Browse, Find, or Layout mode, choose Edit menu > Find/Replace > Find/Replace.
2. In the Find what box, type the data you want to search for. In the Replace with box, type the replacement data.
Tip  To find or replace invisible characters, such as tabs or carriage returns, manually copy and paste these characters from a field into the Find what or Replace with box.
3. Set the search options you want to use.
 
Select
To
An option from the Direction list
Choose the search direction: Forward, Backward, or All.
Match case
Search for only those occurrences in which the capitalization matches the data you specified in the Find what box.
Note  In files that contain Japanese data, a find with the Match case option cleared does not simultaneously find both the half-width and full-width version of the same character. To comprehensively find and replace both characters, make sure you perform separate finds for both the half-width and full-width character.
Match whole words only
Search for only those occurrences that are whole words or are bounded by spaces and/or punctuation characters.
Examples
good finds good and good within good-bye
travel finds travel and travel within travel.com but .com does not find travel.com
stone house[space] finds stone house in the sentence “The old stone house[space][space]has a large garden,” but does not find stone house in the sentence “The old stone house[space]has a large garden.”
An option in Search across
In Browse mode, search across all records in the current layout or just in the current record.
In Find mode, search across all find requests in the current layout or just in the current find request.
Note  In Layout mode, FileMaker Pro searches only in the current layout.
An option in Search within
In Browse and Find modes, search within all fields in the current layout or just in the current field.
4. Click one of the buttons to perform the type of find/replace operation you want.
 
Click
To
Find Next
Search for and select the next occurrence of the Find what data.
Replace & Find
If there is selected data that matches the Find what data, replace the Find what data with the Replace with data, search for and select the next occurrence.
If there is no selected data that matches the Find what data, search for and select the first occurrence of the Find what data.
Replace
Replace the selected Find what data with the Replace with data.
Replace All
Replace all occurrences of the Find what data with the Replace with data.
At the end of the Replace All operation, you see a summary of the number of occurrences found, replaced, and skipped.
Note  Some data cannot be found or replaced:
•You cannot find data in container fields. You can find but not replace data in calculation fields.
•You cannot search for information in web viewers.
•You cannot find data in fields that you are not permitted to view, or replace data in fields that you are not permitted to modify.
•You cannot find and replace data in fields that are formatted as pop-up menus, radio buttons, or checkboxes. (To work around this limitation, find and replace data on a layout that includes these fields formatted as edit boxes or drop-down lists.)
•If the current layout contains panel controls:
•In Browse and Find modes, the find and replace affects only data in fields on the front-most panel.
•In Layout mode, the find and replace affects text on all panels.
•Performing a find and replace that includes fields on a popover opens the popover.
 
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