File/Database Search Tool

A Windows desktop application for searching and optionally replacing keywords across local/remote files and SQL Server databases, built with WPF hosting a Blazor UI via BlazorWebView.

Features

File Search

• Search local folders or remote machines (via UNC paths / credentials)
• Recursive subdirectory search
• Filter by file extension
• Plain keyword or Regex search modes
• Case-sensitive / case-insensitive matching
• Optional Replace mode with automatic backups before modifying files
• Import multiple keywords/folders/extensions at once
• Sortable in-app results grid with highlighted matches
• Export results to CSV

Database Search

• Connect to a SQL Server instance and browse discovered databases/tables
• Keyword Search — search text-like columns (Contains, Exact Match, or Regex)
• Integer Search — search numeric columns (=, >, <)
• Column Name Search — find tables containing specific column names
• Optional Replace mode for safe, primary-key-scoped UPDATE statements
• Per-database / per-table filtering
• Live progress reporting and result counts
• Export results to CSV

General

• Light / Dark mode toggle (persisted between sessions)
• Save and reuse connection/search profiles
• Cancel any in-progress search

Requirements

• Windows 10/11
• .NET 9 SDK (net9.0-windows)
• Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime (usually pre-installed on modern Windows)
• SQL Server access (for database search features)

Getting Started

# Clone the repository
git clone <your-repo-url>
cd SearchToolTxt

# Restore dependencies
dotnet restore

# Build
dotnet build

# Run
dotnet run

# Publish and zip
dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true `
  -p:PublishReadyToRun=true `
  -o publish

Compress-Archive -Path publish\* -DestinationPath SearchTool-v1.2.0-win-x64.zip