AdvMemo highlight ALL Find strings

Maryka_David · December 21, 2015, 5:34pm

Is there an easy way to get AdvMemo to highlight ALL the strings that match a specified Find string? The purpose is to represent visually what effect a Replace All is going to have. I'm able to get the FindCount and even create Bookmarks for the matching lines but can find no obvious way to get highlights set.

brunofierens · December 21, 2015, 6:32pm

Did you try to set

AdvMemo.HighlightText := 'stringtomatch';

?

Maryka_David · December 21, 2015, 7:30pm

Great, that works well. Can I control the Highlight format? Is there a setting corresponding to "Match whole word only"?

brunofierens · December 21, 2015, 8:20pm

It uses clHighlight / clHighlightText. There is not a setting at this time for match whole word only.

Maryka_David · December 22, 2015, 12:43am

Thanks, this works for now although settings for TextColor/Background would be nice. I can also use a Style Element acquired via AllStyles.Add for greater flexibility. Unfortunately, these Style Elements don't seem to have a Whole World option either. Maybe in a future update?