Search Results Dialog Box

InstallAnywhere 2025 R1

Using the Search Results dialog box, which is opened by selecting Search on the File menu or pressing Ctrl + F, you can search your entire installation project to locate all references to a specific variable or build configuration tag. You can choose to search for an item in any of the installation sequence (Pre-Install, Install, Post-Install, Pre-Uninstall, Uninstall, Post-Uninstall) and can choose to search features and/or components. You can also perform global replacements of variables.

Variables Tab

The Variables tab of the Search Results dialog box includes the following controls.

Variables Tab of Search Results Dialog Box
Control	Description
Enter Variable Name	Enter the name of the variable to search for. If you want to perform a partial search (by selecting the Partial Search option), enter the text string in the variable that you want to search for. Note:It is always recommended that you enter the $ symbols before and after the variable name.
Search for variable in	Select the installation sequences (Pre-Install, Install, Post-Install, Pre-Uninstall, Uninstall, and/or Post-Uninstall) and product elements (features and/or components) that you want to search.
Select All	Select to automatically select all of the options in the Search for variable in section.
Deselect All	Select to automatically clear the selection of all of the options in the Search for variable in section.
Ignore Case	Select to perform a case-insensitive search.
Partial Search	Select if you want to perform a search for a text string in a variable name. Note:After performing a partial search, the Replace feature is not available.
Results List	Before a search is performed or if no search results were found, Results Not Available is displayed. After a search is performed, results are listed in a tree structure with the total number of variables found listed at the top, and items associated with the selected variable listed below, grouped by category.
Replace All	After a search has been performed, and search results are listed, click Replace All to replace all instances of the found variable with a replacement value. The Replace Variable dialog box opens, prompting you to enter the replacement value. Note:It is always recommended that you enter the $ symbols before and after the replacement variable name. For example instead of searching for $NAME$ and replacing it with NEWNAME, you should replace it with $NEWNAME$.
Search	Click to initiate a search for the specified variable (or text string in variable) in the selected installation phases.

Tags Tab

The Tags tab of the Search Results dialog box includes the following controls.

Tags Tab of Search Results Dialog Box
Control	Description
Select Tag	Select the build configuration tag that you want to search for from the list.
Search for Selected Tag in	Select the installation sequences (Pre-Install, Install, Post-Install, Pre-Uninstall, Uninstall, and/or Post-Uninstall) and product elements (features and/or components) that you want to search.
Search	Click to initiate a search for the selected tag.
Results List	Before a search is performed or if no search results were found, Results Not Available is displayed. After a search is performed, results are listed in a tree structure with the total number of tags found listed at the top, and the found tags grouped by category.