How to 'Search' for keywords in .vb files?

[Guest]

Hi All,

I seem to have lost a vb.net project. It would be of great help if anybody
could suggect a way, that I can give a windows search to look for keywords in
the .vb files present in the project?

Thanks.
kd

 

[iulianionescu]

Assuming Windows XP, just right click on the root (like C and click
on Search. Then where it sais: "All or part of the file name:" put
*.vb and where it sais "A word or phrase in the file" put your
keyword...

 

[Guest]

That does not work!

 

[Cor Ligthert]

KD,

Can you explain it a little bit more what you want to achieve, at least I
don't understand you what you mean with "keywords".

Cor

 

[Guest]

I have somehow misplaced a whole vb.net project. However, I do know what I
have done in those projects, like for example, there is an insert statement.
I want to do a search on all the files with a specific criteria - files with
..vb extension and contains keywords - 'insert'; like the windows search
utility. The windows search, is not fetching me the files! Is there anyway to
locate the project?

Thanks.

 

[Cor Ligthert]

KD,

Do you use Visual Studio Net (or Visual Studio Basic)?

Cor

 

[Guest]

I am using Visual Studio .NET

kd

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Cor,

Can you explain it a little bit more what you want to achieve, at least I
don't understand you what you mean with "keywords".

I assume that the crippled search included in Windows does not search the
"*.vb" files' contents... Alternative search application:

Agent Ransack
<URL:http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/>

 

[Cor Ligthert]

KD,

Did you try in VS Net when you have opened your project.

Edit, Find in files, when you see it, it tells you in my opinion the rest.

I hope this helps?

Cor

 

[Ian Ashworth]

XP Doesn't search within all files as standard, see the below link for a
fix.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_filefilter.htm