Searching for Objects

The Workplace Shell has a Find tool that allows you to search for objects based on several criteria. Every container pop-up menu in the system has a Find Objects dialog. The following figure shows the Find Objects dialog:

You use the Find Objects dialog to search for objects by their names, or by selecting the More push button and by specifying several criteria. The Find Objects dialog comes with default values:

Default Values

Description

Specifies the name of the object to search for. The asterisk (*) is the default and means to search for all object names.

Specifies where the search begins. The default is the path of the container from which the Find process is started. For the Desktop, the default is <ALL DRIVES>. The drop-down list box contains additional options, including the specific drives available in the system.

Specifies to search all subfolders. The default is to search the specified folder.

Creates a folder containing the Find result objects. The Find result objects are shadows of the objects, not the objects themselves. If this option is not checked, Find creates a window with icons that represent pointers to the real objects. This is the default option.

The Locate dialog contains five options:

Option

Description

Lists all folders in the Desktop folder.

Displays the contents of a drive in Tree view.

Lists all folders currently open on the Desktop.

Specifies, in command line format, where the search begins. This is an alternative to Start Folder.

Gives the Tree view for the drive from which the Find process started.

Specifies more criterias for the Find process. This brings up the same dialog window as the one used in "Changing Criteria".

Starts the search process. After the Find process is started, a Search in progress dialog is displayed. When the search is completed a Find results window comes up that shows the name of all objects found.

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