-----Original Message-----
>From: Þorvarður Davíðsson <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Apr 3, 2011 6:27 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Was something found, yes or no?
>
>Hello,
>
>I make a search in a macro and need to know whether something was found or not. How can I do that?
>
>This tells me whether some text is selected in the document
>
>$textExpression = Read Selection
>if $textExpression == ''
>	prompt "You need to select some text."
>	exit
>End 
>
>
>It works fine, so why does *this* not work?
>
>$textFound = Read Selection
>if $textFound == ''
>	prompt "Nothing found."
>	exit
>End 
>
>
>I have also tried 
>
>if $textFound >1
>or
>if $textFound >0
>
>
>but that does not make any difference.

I'm not a coder, so maybe I'm missing something, but, where did you actually tell it to perform the search? I'm not seeing it above.