WD: Using WordBasic's EditFind to Search Within a Text Selection

ID: Q129480

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SUMMARY

This article demonstrates the Microsoft WordBasic EditFind statement, which finds the next instance of the specified text, formatting, or both. If you want to search within a small section of your document, set a bookmark and use the EditFind statement within a While CmpBookmarks() loop.

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The following macro example searches for semicolons (;) within the current paragraph.

   Sub MAIN
      EditBookmark .Name = "startx", .Add
      EditGoTo "\para"
      EditBookmark .Name = "selectionx", .Add
      EditFind .Find = ";"
      While CmpBookmarks("\Sel", "selectionx") = 8 Or \ 
      CmpBookmarks("\Sel", "selectionx") = 6 And EditFindFound()
         count = count + 1
         RepeatFind
      Wend
      MsgBox Str$(count) + " semicolons were found"
      EditGoTo "startx"
      EditBookmark .Name = "selectionx", .Delete
      EditBookmark .Name = "startx", .Delete
   End Sub

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word Developer's Kit," for version 6.0, pages 415-418

Additional query words: EditFind While CmpBookmarks Selection Range Bookmark

Keywords          : kbmacro wordnt kbmacroexample winword ntword macword word6 word7 word95 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
Platform          : MACINTOSH Win95 WINDOWS winnt
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 9, 1999