Several of the MZ-Tools features show the results of an operation in a docking window like the following:
Some operations can use a different tab (1, 2, 3...) for each execution, while others can use the same treeview all the times.
The toolbar of this window have buttons for the following actions:
- To re-execute the operation.
- To copy the results to the clipboard.
- To export the results to a text file (tab delimited).
- To locate the source that caused the result. It can be some source code of a code window, some control on a form, etc. You can also double-click on the result line or press the Enter key if the line is selected in the treeview.
- To remove results from the treeview. You can also press the Del key. This feature is useful if you are using the results as a "To Do" list.
- To remove all the tabs except the active one.
- To remove the active tab.
- To show or hide the code elements where an occurrence has been found.
You can use also the context menus of the treeview or of a node to perform the same actions.
Remarks:
- You can navigate the results of this window (even if it is not visible) using the Previous Result in Last Result Window Used and Next Result in Last Result Window Used buttons on the MZ-Tools toolbar. You have also the MZTools6_VSXXXX.PreviousResult and MZTools6_VSXXXX.NextResult commands, so you can associate keyboard shortcuts to them.
- To find a code line in a code window, MZ-Tools uses the internal line numeration of Visual Studio. When you add or remove code lines, such numeration becomes invalid. In that case, MZ-Tools searches the string of the code line in the code window. Under some circumstances MZ-Tools may find a wrong line if the code window contains the same text duplicated.
- If you have closed a result window, you can make it visible again using the proper submenu of the View | Other Windows menu. You have also the MZTools6_VSXXXX.ViewXXXResults commands for the same purpose.
- The Result Window of a Find Text operation also has buttons to perform a new search and to show the Replace panel. See the Find / Replace Text feature.
- Operations can be cancelled pressing the Esc key (which takes effect only when the operation is about to process the next file).
- You can create your own external operations that use this result window. See Extending MZ-Tools (SDK).
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