PDS:Find And Update
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The main function of the find tab is to look for Style files(.PDS) While looking for a style file in PDS application, finder enables you to input further search filters, such as Style name, Piece name, Material type, Piece Description, etc.
After you have marked a piece in the source file by using the ‘Select’ Tab . You should mark the target files in the ‘File list’. Then, you can Update, Replace or Add a piece to the marked PDS or MRK file/s which appears in the File List at the bottom of the dialog box. Remember that the ‘Update’ Tab depends on which host application you launched Finder from.
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[edit] Icon & Location
- Menu: File>File Utilities>Find and Updates
[edit] Operation
- Click on the Find and Updates.
- Click on the ‘Find Now’.
[edit] Style Files
Type a file name with the extension of PDS or MRK to search for pattern and marker files.
[edit] Look in
This field enables you to define the scope of the search to specific directories or sub directories.
[edit] Piece Name
Type a Piece Nameif you wish to search for files that contain specific piece.
[edit] Piece Code
Use this option as a filter .Type a piece code if you wish to search for files that contain specific piece code.
[edit] Piece description
Type a piece description name if you wish to search for files with a specific piece description.
[edit] Material
Use this option as a filter. Type a material if you wish to search for files that contain specific material.
[edit] Update
After you have marked a piece in the source file, by using the ‘Select’ Tab. You should mark the target files in the ‘File list’. Then, you can Update Replace or Add a piece to the marked DSN or DSP file/s which appears in the File List at the bottom of the dialog box. Remember that the ‘Update’ Tab depends on which host application you launched Update from.
