Component Properties

When working with literal text in components, you can search, search and replace, print, or spell check text used in the different properties of a given component.

Using both the Find in Components and Find and Replace in Components buttons, these properties are:

• Display text (titles, prompts, etc.): Searches for text in dialog and variable titles, as well as variable prompts.
• Merge text, patterns, and formats: Searches for the specified text string in Multiple Choice merge text groups, Text variable patterns, and variable formats.
• Plain text resources: Searches for the specified text string inside any plain text resources for variables or dialogs.
• Scripts: Searches for the specified text string inside quotation marks in computation and dialog scripts.
• Variable references (Find option only): Searches for variables that are referenced in the selected variables' prompts, merge texts, and scripts.
• Notes: Searches text specified at the Notes tab of component editors.

Using the Spell Check Components button, these properties are:

• Display text (titles, prompts, etc.): Checks the spelling of text in dialog titles and variable prompts and titles.
• Merge text: Checks the spelling of merge text in Multiple Choice variables.
• Plain text resources: Checks the spelling of plain text resources for variables and dialogs.
• Scripts: Checks the spelling of text strings (inside quotation marks) in computation scripts.

Using the Print Components button, these properties are:

• Component types: Prints the type of component for the variable you are printing (for example, Text, Date, Number, True/False, Multiple Choice, Computation, and Personal Information)
• Titles, prompts, and dialog elements: Prints each component's prompt or title, if one has been assigned. Prints dialog element text in a dialog.
• Scripts: Prints any scripts associated with the variable or dialog.
• Plain text resources: Prints any plain-text resources that have been assigned to the variable.
• Notes: Prints text specified at the Notes tab of component editors.
• All other component type-specific properties: Prints other component-specific data such as the maximum number of characters for a Text variable or the contents and script for a custom dialog.