PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplaySearch.cs

@@ -1699,6 +1699,8 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			else lbSrchResultsIncTrans.DisplayMember = _DisplayMember;
 			if (_SearchResults != null)
 			{
+				// record count flag
+				bool reccnt = true;
 				// B2021-076: Proms search results are not presented in order when printed to PDF
 				// B2023-041 - backed out previous change as it was not needed and was preventing the sorting of search results text
 				if (cbSorted.Checked)
@@ -1713,11 +1715,37 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 					// B2021-076: Proms search results are not presented in order when printed to PDF
 					var sortedResults = _SearchResults.OrderBy(x => x.SearchDefaultSort).ToList();
 
+					// if searching for just a "?" remove all the special code matches and leaving only the true matches.
+					if (SearchString == "\\?")
+					{
+						string pat = @"\?";
+						Regex r = new Regex(pat, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
+						for (int i = 0; i < sortedResults.Count; i++)
+						{
+
+							Match m = r.Match(sortedResults[i].DisplayText);
+							if (m.Success)
+							{
+								continue;
+							}
+							else
+							{
+								sortedResults.Remove(sortedResults[i]);
+
+								i--;
+							}
+						}
+						grpPanSearchResults.Text = string.Format("Search Results Found: {0}", sortedResults.Count);
+						reccnt = false;
+					}
+
 					if (tabSearchTypes.SelectedTab != tabSearchTypes.Tabs[4]) lbSrchResults.DataSource = sortedResults;
 					else lbSrchResultsIncTrans.DataSource = sortedResults;
 				}
-
+				if (reccnt)
+				{
 					grpPanSearchResults.Text = string.Format("Search Results Found: {0}", _SearchResults.Count);
+				}
 				grpPanSearchResults.Style.BackColor = Color.LightGreen;// Color.YellowGreen;  Color.DarkSeaGreen;
 			}
 			else
@@ -2076,6 +2104,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 						//TypesSelected = (typstr != null) ? "Searched Step Types: " + typstr : "Searched All Step Types";
 						//TypesSelected = "Searched Step Types: " + ((typstr != null) ? typstr : "All Step Types");
 						SearchResults = ItemInfoList.GetListFromTextSearch(DVISearchList, TypeSearchList, TextSearchString /*.Replace(@"\",@"\u9586?")*/, cbxBooleanTxtSrch.Checked ? 2 : cbxCaseSensitive.Checked ? 1 : 0, cbxIncROTextSrch.Checked ? ItemSearchIncludeLinks.Value : ItemSearchIncludeLinks.Nothing, includeRTFformat, includeSpecialChars, unitPrefix, byWordPrefix, byWordSuffix);
+
 						cmbResultsStyleIndex = 3;  // display step text in results
 												   //}
 					}