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Application.Find method (Project)

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Searches for an unfiltered value; returns True if the value is found.

Syntax

expression.Find (Field, Test, Value, Next, MatchCase, FieldID, TestID)

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data type Description
Field Optional String The name of the field to search.
Test Optional String The type of comparison made between Field and Value. Can be one of the comparison strings.
Value Optional String The value to compare with the field specified by Field.
Next Optional Boolean True if Project searches down for the next occurrence of a value that matches the search criteria. False if Project searches up for the next occurrence. The default value is True.
MatchCase Optional Boolean True if the search is case-sensitive. The default value is False.
FieldID Optional Variant The field identification number can be one of the PjField constants. FieldID takes precedence over any Field value.
TestID Optional Variant The test identification number can be one of the PjComparison constants. TestID takes precedence over any Test value.

Comparison strings

Comparison string Description
"equals" The value of Field equals Value.
"does not equal" The value of Field does not equal Value.
"is greater than" The value of Field is greater than Value.
"is greater than or equal to" The value of Field is greater than or equal to Value.
"is less than" The value of Field is less than Value.
"is less than or equal to" The value of Field is less than or equal to Value.
"is within" The value of Field is within Value.
"is not within" The value of Field is not within Value.
"contains" Field contains Value.
"does not contain" Field does not contain Value.
"contains exactly" Field contains exactly Value.

Return value

Boolean

Remarks

Using the Find method with no arguments, or without specifying Field, Test, and Value, displays the Find dialog box that has options set for the previous state.

To find a value where you can search all available fields, use the FindEx method.

Example

Either statement in the following example finds the next task with priority = 600.

Sub FindFieldByPriority 
 Find Field:="Priority", Test:="equals", Value:="600" 
 Find Field:="xx", Test:="xx", FieldID:=pjTaskPriority, TestID:=pjCompareEquals, Value:="600" 
End Sub

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