Using ADCENTER to search for text string

[mpa-la]

Trying to use ADCENTER to search a directory for a drawing with a particular text string in it (mtext, dtext, mleader or qleader).  To test I put a unique word in one drawing and saved it in a directory with other drawings.  Used ADCENTER to search the directory the dwg is in.  Told it to look for any *.dwg filename, then under advanced I added the unique word into the "containing text" line.  Search results include every file in the directory. : - \  Btw, I'm using adcenter because nothing else I've tried (windows, agent ransack, Everything Search, DWG Search, Total Search) will reliably search drawings for text.  Any ideas?

[rkmcswain]

I can't comment on the search tools in ADC, but have you tried the external tools here? The top 3 or 4 look like they would work.

[mpa-la]

I tried "And Where Was That" and it didn't work, but I couldn't even get it to find a file by filename when I only had one file on the list to search.  It was not the most straightforward software I've ever used.  I don't see any others on the list that seem to search for text.

[pendean]

That function is only designed to look in blocks and attributes, like it says on the pop-up:

Or as a field in DWGPROPS in the file:

 

If you are looking for anything else, it's not an option.

[Anonymous]

Dean Saadallah, I've just been upgraded to AutoCAD 2018 from 2015.  In 2015 I successfully used ContentExplorer to search any set of indexed DWG files for any type of text.  ContentExplorer is now missing from 2018.  There is no way to search a group of DWG files for a character string.  It just does not work.  Using Windows Explorer does not work.  This was a critical tool that I've used for years.  Are there any viable alternatives?