The Find in Design and Search References features are both useful for locating instances of code in an application. In some cases, using Search References may be better than using Find in Design.

For example, when replacing deprecated interprocess variables, locating them with Search References will return only results of those variables actually being referenced in code. In contrast, using Find in Design will also return results of those variables in comments. Thus, if the application tends to have a lot of commented out code, using Search References would be better in targeting actual uses of interprocess variables with the goal of replacing them.