TcxDataFindCriteria Class

Stores data search criteria and concomitant settings for a data controller.

Declaration

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TcxDataFindCriteria = class(
    TcxCustomDataFindCriteria
)

This class provides the following members that allow you to:

Specify the search text and enable the extended search syntax (Text and UseExtendedSyntax).
Identify the number of rows that meet the search criteria (MatchCount).
Identify if search criteria are active (IsActive).
Specify whether a search operation filters out rows that do not meet the active filter criteria (Behavior).
Obtain the current, previous, and next match indexes of the search results (GetCurrentMatchIndex, GetPreviousMatchIndex, and GetNextMatchIndex).
Obtain row indexes of the search results by their match indexes (MatchRowIndexes).
Manage the list of search sources (AddItem, RemoveItem, and ClearItems).
Navigate between search results in a container control (GoToFirstMatch, GoToLastMatch, GoToNextMatch, and GoToPreviousMatch).
Retrieve a highlighted substring in the specified item in a specific row (GetTextStartPositionByRowIndex).

A data controller’s FindCriteria property references a TcxDataFindCriteria object.