FindText
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FindText is a Windows common dialog box function used to display a standard Find dialog that lets users search for text within an application.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FindText canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8288353 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FindText Context triple: [Comdlg32, providesAPI, FindText]
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A.
Findon
Findon is a village in West Sussex, England, situated near the South Downs and known for its rural character and historic charm.
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B.
WSearch
WSearch is the Windows Search background service that indexes files, emails, and other content to enable fast search functionality in the Windows operating system.
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C.
Search Me
"Search Me" is a Christian pop-rock song by Katy Hudson (later known as Katy Perry) from her early gospel-oriented music career.
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D.
Findern
Findern is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, known for its historic buildings and rural character.
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E.
Finder
Finder is the primary file management and desktop navigation application for Apple's Macintosh operating systems, providing users with a graphical interface to access and organize files, folders, and drives.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FindText Target entity description: FindText is a Windows common dialog box function used to display a standard Find dialog that lets users search for text within an application.
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A.
Findon
Findon is a village in West Sussex, England, situated near the South Downs and known for its rural character and historic charm.
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B.
WSearch
WSearch is the Windows Search background service that indexes files, emails, and other content to enable fast search functionality in the Windows operating system.
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C.
Search Me
"Search Me" is a Christian pop-rock song by Katy Hudson (later known as Katy Perry) from her early gospel-oriented music career.
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D.
Findern
Findern is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, known for its historic buildings and rural character.
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E.
Finder
Finder is the primary file management and desktop navigation application for Apple's Macintosh operating systems, providing users with a graphical interface to access and organize files, folders, and drives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows API function
ⓘ
common dialog box function ⓘ |
| callingConvention | WINAPI ⓘ |
| category | Common Dialog Box Functions ⓘ |
| definedIn |
Windows API
ⓘ
linked to:
Win32 API
|
| definedInHeader | commdlg.h ⓘ |
| dialogType | Find dialog box ⓘ |
| dll | Comdlg32.dll ⓘ |
| documentationSite | Microsoft Learn ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Windows 3.1 era common dialogs ⓘ |
| library | Comdlg32.lib ⓘ |
| namespace | global Win32 API namespace ⓘ |
| notificationCode |
FR_DIALOGTERM
ⓘ
FR_FINDNEXT ⓘ FR_REPLACE ⓘ FR_REPLACEALL ⓘ |
| notifiesVia | WM_COMMAND messages ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| parameterType | LPFINDREPLACE ⓘ |
| platform | desktop applications ⓘ |
| purpose |
display a standard Find dialog box
ⓘ
let users search for text within an application ⓘ |
| relatedFunction |
ChooseColor
ⓘ
ChooseFont ⓘ GetOpenFileName ⓘ GetSaveFileName ⓘ PageSetupDlg ⓘ PrintDlg ⓘ ReplaceText ⓘ |
| requires |
initialized FINDREPLACE structure
ⓘ
owner window handle ⓘ |
| returns | HWND of the Find dialog box ⓘ |
| supportsFlag |
FR_DOWN
ⓘ
FR_HIDEMATCHCASE ⓘ FR_HIDEUPDOWN ⓘ FR_HIDEWHOLEWORD ⓘ FR_MATCHCASE ⓘ FR_SHOWHELP ⓘ FR_WHOLEWORD ⓘ |
| threadingRequirement | must be called from a thread with a message loop ⓘ |
| uiElement |
Match case check box
ⓘ
Whole word only check box ⓘ direction radio buttons ⓘ search text edit control ⓘ |
| uiFramework |
Win32
ⓘ
linked to:
Win32 API
|
| usesStructure | FINDREPLACE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: FindText Description of subject: FindText is a Windows common dialog box function used to display a standard Find dialog that lets users search for text within an application.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.