SelectText Method (View Object)

Scope: Schematic editor

Object: View Object

Prerequisites: None

Selects text strings that match the regular expression.

Usage

View.SelectText(ByVal Pattern As String, ByVal Type As Long, ByVal ApplyToSelected As VdAllOrSelected)

Arguments

Pattern

Regular expression that will be compared to text strings.

Type

Indicates the kind of object to consider: VDTS_TEXT, VDTS_ATTRIBUTE, or VDTS_LABEL.

ApplyToSelected

Indicates whether to consider all objects or just the selected objects. This is of the form VdAllOrSelected Enum.

If ApplyToSelected is False, then the comparison is to all the text in the view. If ApplyToSelected is True, then the comparison is restricted to the current selection list. Either way, the selection list will only contain the text objects that match the pattern after applying this method.