Replaces the next occurrence of a string in a rich text range, and moves the current position to the beginning of the first occurrence of the string.

Defined in

RichTextRange

Syntax

public int findandReplace(String target, String replacement)
   throws NotesException

public int findandReplace(String target, String replacement, long options)
   throws NotesException

Parameters

String target

The search string.

The replacement string.

Any of the following search options. Specify multiple options by combining them with addition or logical ORs.
• RichTextItem.RT_FIND_ACCENTINSENSITIVE for accent insensitive search (default is accent sensitive)
• RichTextItem.RT_FIND_CASEINSENSITIVE for case insensitive search (default is case sensitive)
• RichTextItem.RT_FIND_PITCHINSENSITIVE for pitch insensitive search (default is pitch sensitive)
• RichTextItem.RT_REPL_ALL to replace all occurrences of the search string
• RichTextItem.RT_REPL_PRESERVECASE to preserve case in the replacement string

int

The number of replacements made.

For purposes of navigation, this method finds an element of type RTELEM_TYPE_TEXTRUN. The current position becomes the first character of the search string within the element (not the first character of the element).

The range is reset after a findAndReplace operation.

Language cross-reference

FindAndReplace method in LotusScript NotesRichTextRange class

Example
See Also

Working with text in Java classes

Glossary