Frame Display - Find

Frame Display has a simple Find function that you can use to search the Decode Pane for any alpha numeric value.  This functionality is in addition to the more robust Search/Find dialog.

Frame Display Find is located below the toolbar on the Frame Display dialog.

Where the more powerful Search/Find functionality searches the Decode, Binary, Radix, and Character panes on Frame Display using TImestamps, Special Events, Bookmarks, Patterns, etc.,

Find on Frame Display only searches the Decode Pane for a value you enter in the text box.
 

To use Find:

1. Select the frame where you want to begin the search.
    

2. Enter a value in the Find text box.

    

   Note: The text box is disabled during a live capture.

3. Select Find Previous Occurrence to begin the search on frames prior to the frame you selected, or Find Next Occurrence to begin the search on frames following the frame you selected.

   The next occurrence of the value (if it is found) will be highlighted in the Decode Pane.

    

4. Select Find Previous Occurrence or Find Next Occurrence to continue the search.

There are several important concepts to remember with Find.

• When you enter a search string and select Enter, the search moves forward.
  
• If you select Find Previous Occurrence, when the search reaches the first frame it will then cycle to the last frame and continue until it reaches the frame where the search began.   
• Shift + F3 is a shortcut for Find Previous Occurrence.
  
• If you select Find Next Occurrence, when the search reaches the last frame it will then cycle to the first frame and continue until it reaches the frame where the search began.
  
• F3 is a shortcut for Find Next Occurrence.
  
• You cannot search while data is being captured.
  
• After a capture is completed, you cannot search until Frame Display has finished decoding the frames.
  
• Find is not case sensitive.
  
• The status of the search is displayed at the bottom of the dialog.

• The search occurs only on the protocol layer selected.  
  
• To search across all the protocols on the Frame Display, select the Unfiltered tab.
  
• A drop-down list displays the search values entered during the current session of Frame Display.
  
• The search is cancelled when you select a different protocol tab during a search.
  
• You can cancel the search at any time by selecting the Cancel Current Search button.