Searching in Resource Files

You can use the navigation list in the upper part of the resource editor to search for target items. This box lets you type queries on target items, you can also use it to type the fully qualified path of the item you are looking for.

The lookup feature is triggered when you press enter or when you click the Lookup tool.

You can use options to fine-tune your queries. The Lookup options dialog box lets you define the following search options:

Syntax

Description

Metaextension

You select the type of extension to search, for example you can search only stereotypes

Allow wildcard

If you select this option you can use the * wildcard to match any string and the ? wildcard to match any single character. For example, type "is*" to retrieve all extensions of type "is..."

Match case

Use this option to search for extensions with matching case

If the query matches one item, this item is selected in the Resource editor.

If the query matches more than one item, a Results list is displayed. You can double-click an item in the list to visualize it in the Resource editor.

Go to Super-definition

If an extension overrides another item you can use the Go to super-definition command in the corresponding object contextual menu to access the overriden item.