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In this area you can input the text that you want to search. You also can input regular expression here. Click the button at the right of this area, in the popup menu that appears contains some frequency used expressions that you can use directly.

File types

In this area you can input the file extensions that you want to search in. If you want to search in any type of files, please input *.* . You can input multiply file extensions in this area, each extension name is seperated by semicolon(;), for example: *.cpp;*.c;*.h .

Where to search

Here you have three options to determine where to search text£º

• Search all opened files: Search text in all opened files in C-Free;
• Search all files of project: Search text in all files of current active project.
• Search in folder: Search text in all files of one folder, you can specify the folder in following input box. If you select the "Search subdirectires" option, text will be searched in all directories under the folder that you specified.

Regular Expression

Selecting this option means the specified text to search is a regular exprssion.

Case sensitive

Use this option to make search case sensitive.

Whole words only

By default, the search will not be restricted to matching whole words only. This option allows the search to be restricted to whole words only. This is useful for searching for 'a', or 'A' without finding all words including 'a'.

Output to Tab 2

Select this option to output the search results to the "File in files 2" tab in Message Window.