Description

Finds a text string in a header or footer.

Syntax

public int Find(string text, int start, FindOptions options);

Public Function Find(text As String, start As Integer, options As FindOptions) As Integer

Parameters

Parameter	Description
text	Specifies the text to search for.
start	Specifies the text position where the search starts, beginning with 0. If this value is -1, the search begins at the current text input position.
options	Specifies search options. It can be a combination of the FindOptions values.

Return Value

If the text searched for is found, the method returns the index (zero-based) of the first character of the search string. If the specified text is not found the method returns -1.

Examples

The following example finds a department name in the header and emphasizes it.

HeaderFooterCollection headers = textControl.Sections[1].HeadersAndFooters;
headers.Add(HeaderFooterType.Header);
HeaderFooter headerFooter = headers.GetItem(HeaderFooterType.Header);
headerFooter.Selection.Text = "Finance — Quarterly report";
int position = headerFooter.Find("Finance", 1, FindOptions.Reverse);
if (position >= 0)
{
    headerFooter.Selection.Start = position;
    headerFooter.Selection.Length = "Finance".Length;
    headerFooter.Selection.Bold = true;
}

Dim headers As HeaderFooterCollection = textControl.Sections(1).HeadersAndFooters
headers.Add(HeaderFooterType.Header)
Dim headerFooter As HeaderFooter = headers.GetItem(HeaderFooterType.Header)
headerFooter.Selection.Text = "Finance — Quarterly report"
Dim position As Integer = headerFooter.Find("Finance", 1, FindOptions.Reverse)
If position >= 0 Then
    headerFooter.Selection.Start = position
    headerFooter.Selection.Length = "Finance".Length
    headerFooter.Selection.Bold = True
End If