How to search a string in the whole code base

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Hi I am wondering is there easy way to find out what source files contain a specific string in the whole AOT? The search bar in the Application Explorer in Visual studio doesn't seem to support that.

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You can use the Search metadata with code:”your string” in the Dynamics 365 menu in VS.

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Great, thx!

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Sukrut Parab 71,735 Moderator on at

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Use Medatadata search in VS . Also take a look at my blog below and see if it helps

community.dynamics.com/.../find-references-in-dynamics-365-for-operations-using-powershell

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This works very well. Thank you!

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Martin Dráb 239,040 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Another alternative is simply searching the contents of files on disk (source code and metadata are stored in .xml files, which can be easily searched). It may be a better or worse option, depending on your particular needs.

You can use various tools for that, including Powershell (Select-String cmdlet).

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