PdfDocumentEditorSearch Method

public PdfSearchResult[] Search(
	string value
)

Public Function Search ( 
	value As String
) As PdfSearchResult()

Parameters

value

Type: SystemString
The search string to look for in this PdfDocument. RAD PDF does not support any search operators at this time. Any keyword in the search string can be matched.

Return Value

An array of PdfSearchResult instances for each search result found.

If the search string value contains more than one word, this array will contain the results for each word provided. This is nearly equivalent (although faster) to calling Search(String) multiple times with each individual word you wish to search for and then merging the results. This is often referred to as an OR Search.

This method will also return partial matches. (e.g. "example" will be found if value is "example", "amp", or "a")

This method is case-insensitive. (e.g. "example" will be found if value is "example", "EXAMPLE", or "exAMPle")

RAD PDF considers the following characters to be whitespace characters and are used to deliminate between search keywords / terms:

Because RAD PDF stores document text separately from document instances, this method may create and use a database connection.

If DisableSearchText is set for this Document, this method will throw an exception.

This method will create and use a database connection.

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