Searching a String in Script

Hi All,
I need one help is there any provision to search for string in standard or customized scripts....for example to search a string in programs..through program RPR_ABAP_SOURCE_SCAN i can search in program...same way how can i search for a text in scripts ??
Regards
VEnk@

Continue....
FORMAT COLOR COL_NORMAL INTENSIFIED ON.
STXL_ID-TDOBJECT = 'FORM'.
STXL_ID-TDID = 'TXT'.
SELECT * FROM STXL CLIENT SPECIFIED
          WHERE MANDT    = PA_MANDT
            AND RELID    EQ 'TX'
            AND TDOBJECT EQ 'FORM'
            AND TDID     EQ 'TXT'
            AND TDNAME   IN SO_NAME
            AND TDSPRAS IN SO_SPRAS.
    MOVE-CORRESPONDING STXL TO I_STXL.
    APPEND I_STXL.
ENDSELECT.
SORT I_STXL.
CLEAR HUIDIGE_TDSPRAS_TDNAME.
CLEAR VORIGE_TDSPRAS_TDNAME.
LOOP AT I_STXL.
    STXL_ID-TDNAME = I_STXL-TDNAME.
    STXL_ID-TDSPRAS = I_STXL-TDSPRAS.
    STXL_ID-TDID    = I_STXL-TDID.
    CONCATENATE STXL_ID-TDSPRAS STXL_ID-TDNAME
                INTO HUIDIGE_TDSPRAS_TDNAME.
    IF HUIDIGE_TDSPRAS_TDNAME <> VORIGE_TDSPRAS_TDNAME.
      CONCATENATE STXL_ID-TDSPRAS STXL_ID-TDNAME
                                  INTO VORIGE_TDSPRAS_TDNAME.
      REFRESH LINES.
      CLEAR H_TEL.
      IMPORT TLINE TO LINES FROM DATABASE STXL(TX)
                                 CLIENT   I_STXL-MANDT
                                 ID       STXL_ID.
      LOOP AT LINES.
        IF LINES-TDFORMAT = '/W'.
          H_WINDOW = LINES-TDLINE.
        ENDIF.
        SEARCH LINES-TDLINE FOR H_STRING1.
        IF SY-SUBRC <> 0 AND H_STRING2 <> SPACE.
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          ENDIF.
          IF NOT PA_ITEM4 IS INITIAL.
            ADD 11 TO H_POS.
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          H_LEN = STRLEN( PA_STR ).
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          IF H_TEL EQ 0.
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            HIDE STXL-TDNAME.
            HIDE I_STXL-TDSPRAS.
            WRITE: /001 I_STXL-MANDT,
                    005 STXL-TDNAME HOTSPOT ON,
                    036 I_STXL-TDSPRAS,
                    041 H_WINDOW(30).

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