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Find.MatchWildcards Property 

Determines if the text to find contains wildcards.

Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word (in microsoft.office.interop.word.dll)

Usage

Dim find1 As Find

Dim returnValue As Boolean
returnValue = find1.MatchWildcards

Dim sampleValue As Boolean
find1.MatchWildcards = sampleValue

Syntax

Property MatchWildcards() As Boolean
bool MatchWildcards {get; set;}
property Boolean MatchWildcards{
    Boolean get();
    Void set(Boolean);
}
public boolean get_MatchWildcards();
public void set_MatchWildcards(boolean);
function get MatchWildcards() : Boolean;
function set MatchWildcards(Boolean);

Remarks

This property returns True if the text to find contains wildcards, and False if not. Set the property value to True or False to enable or disable the functionality.

Corresponds to the Use wildcards check box in the Find and Replace dialog box (Edit menu).

Use the Text property of the Find object or use the FindText argument with the Execute method to specify the text to be located in a document.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000

Target Platforms

See Also

Reference

Find Interface
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Namespace

Other Resources

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