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Attachmate.Reflection.Objects.Emulation.IbmHosts Library / IbmScreen Object / SearchText4 Method
The specified text string.
Start row.
Start column.
End row.
End column.
A FindOption enumeration that specifies the search direction.
A TextComparisonOption Enumeration that indicates how text is compared against the text on the host screen.
Example
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SearchText4 Method (IbmScreen)
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Searches the specified text, starting from the specified screen location and ending at the specified end screen location.
Syntax
expression.SearchText4( _
   ByVal text As String, _
   ByVal startRow As Integer, _
   ByVal startColumn As Integer, _
   ByVal endRow As Integer, _
   ByVal endColumn As Integer, _
   ByVal findOption As FindOption, _
   ByVal textComparison As TextComparisonOption _
) As ScreenPoint object
where expression is a variable that represents a IbmScreen Object

Parameters

text
The specified text string.
startRow
Start row.
startColumn
Start column.
endRow
End row.
endColumn
End column.
findOption
A FindOption enumeration that specifies the search direction.
textComparison
A TextComparisonOption Enumeration that indicates how text is compared against the text on the host screen.

Return Value

A ScreenPoint object object that contains the screen coordinate where the specified text begins, if found, or null if the text could not be found.
Example
This sample performs a case sensitive search for the "PDF" string on a screen and returns the column and row of the string if it is found. It also searches for a lowercase "pdf" string. 
Sub SearchForCaseSensitiveText()
    Dim screenPosition As Attachmate_Reflection_Objects_Emulation_IbmHosts.ScreenPoint
    Dim lowerCaseText As String
    Dim upperCaseText As String
    
    lowerCaseText = "pdf"
    upperCaseText = "PDF"
    
    'look for uppercase text
    Set screenPosition = ThisIbmScreen.SearchText4(upperCaseText, 1, 1, 23, 52, FindOption_Forward, TextComparisonOption_MatchCase)
        
    If IsEmpty(screenPosition) Or (screenPosition Is Nothing) Then
        MsgBox upperCaseText & " Not found"
    Else
        MsgBox upperCaseText & " found at row " & screenPosition.row & " and column " & screenPosition.column
    End If
    
    'Look for lowercase text
    Set screenPosition = ThisIbmScreen.SearchText4(lowerCaseText, 1, 1, 23, 52, FindOption_Forward, TextComparisonOption_MatchCase)
    
    If IsEmpty(screenPosition) Or (screenPosition Is Nothing) Then
        MsgBox lowerCaseText & " Not found"
    Else
        MsgBox lowerCaseText & "found at row " & screenPosition.row & " and column " & screenPosition.column
    End If
    
End Sub
See Also

Reference

IbmScreen Object
IbmScreen Members

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