Changing links? Multi-file find-and-replace?

So Dw has some sort of global link change tool, doesn't it? If I want to change "assets/video/banner.gif" to "assets/animation/banner.gif" everywhere it occurs in all of my local files -- how would I do that? Thanks!

iaufgp wrote:
So Dw has some sort of global link change tool, doesn't it?
Site > Change Link Sitewide.

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Multi File Find and Replace FAR missing from tools

I have RoboHelp x5.0.2 and I have always used Find and
Replace at my previous employer. I have started with a new company
and the RoboHelp FAR is missing from Tools. I know you can Add a
tool if you know the path, but I have no idea where to look.
Some background:
We use Source Safe (VSS) to check our files in and out.
I have verified that all of the files are NOT read-only.
HELP!!!!

Maybe you are mixing up something. RoboHelp includes a tool
named Multi-File Find and Replace. This should indeed be situated
on the Tools pane.
There exists a tool called FAR, which, among other things,
offers a similar functionality. FAR is shareware and
not included in RoboHelp.
Greetings
---Dirk Bock

Changing the editor for Multi-File Find and Replace

When I click edit on a file it opens it up inside Word. Anyway to get this tool to open the topic inside RH? Or inside another text editor like Notepad++? I don't trust Word to leave my code like I want it.
Thanks in advance,
Jared
RH 7 (latest patches) authoring in RoboHTML
Win 7 64-bit machine

I just thought I would resurrect this thread, because I am encountering the same issue, except for me the Edit button just opens the topic IE. As such, the only way to edit the topic is to right-click and choose View Source, then do another Find to get to the bit I wanted to edit, which is a bit of a faff.
I'm running Windows 7 64-bit with IE9 and RH8. As well as the suggestions made here, I have tried changing IE's HTML editor from the developer window (as described here), which works for IE itself, but not RH. I've also tried editing the Registry and adding the path to Notepad++ to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm\OpenWithList\Notepad++.exe\Shell\edit\command. Again, this makes no difference, which leads me to think there is no association between IE9 and RH8.
The twist for me is last time I used this tool I'm sure it worked, but it has been a while and I cannot remember what other software changes have taken place that could affect RH.
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Bug in Multi-File Search and Replace in RH6?

I'm using the 6.0 trial, and one thing I want to be able to
do is to replace the variables I put in using JavaScript with the
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and replace, and searched for:
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language=JavaScript>document.write(varProduct)</script>
I copied this code directly from a topic, and pasted it into
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I don't even care whether I can successfully copy the code
from my new variable for use as the replacement text; I'd be happy
if the multi-file search would simply find all occurrences of my
original code so I don't miss any during conversion to 6.0.
It keeps coming up as not found, and this concerns me
greatly. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it a known bug? Does
anyone have a workaround?
Thanks!

Hi robowriter
I'm assuming you are using the wondrous little applet known
as Multi-File Find and Replace.
Unfortunately, this little beastie is like a cat. It
frequently has a fussy tummy and loves to hork up furballs. Well,
not exactly. Really what it does is fail to properly handle
anything with a line break. So you need a tool that does do this.
Fortunately, one exists! It is called FAR (Find And Replace). Oddly
enough, it was also written by a fellow Microsoft Help MVP named
Rob Chandler. (Rob lives in Australia)
You can download a trial version of FAR from the FAR page.
Click here to visit
the FAR page
Cheers... Rick

Batch Edit Multiple HTML files | Find and Replace

Hi,
I would like to use Automator to automate (I know that sounds redundant) the following process.
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3. Save & Close each file
I assume this this would have to be done in either AppleScript or Cocoa.
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you most definitely don't need Cocoa for something like that. if all you need is a straightforward search and replace in a bunch of html files you can easily do this with a shell script. If you need some more involved search and replace you have to explain what it is exactly that you want.
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margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #ADD8E6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
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Reformatting files in Dreamweaver: Batch series of .dwr files (find and replace) consecutively

I have to do complicated reformatting of an entire site. It's been simplified to a series of find and replace tasks for each file. Each find and replace string has been saved as a .dwr file. Currently I have to load and execute each .dwr file.
How do you batch process or automate this task in Dreamweaver? In other words, queue up a series of .dwr files to be executed consecutively?

OK here we go.
This example, a simple Dreamweaver Command Extension, will execute two Find and Replace commands in one go. (It can be any number of Find and Replace commands.)
The first command replaces "the" and "this" with "phe" and "phis". The second command replaces <ul> ... </ul> with <ol> ... </ol>. (These of course can be any Find and Replace.)
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Find and Replace Test.html
<!DOCTYPE HTML SYSTEM "-//Adobe//DWExtension layout-engine 10.0//dialog">
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<HEAD>
<Title>Find and Replace Test</Title>
<script src="Find and Replace Test.js"></script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<form>
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</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Find and Replace Test.js
function canAcceptCommand() {
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function commandButtons() {
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function doIt() {
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        replaceString: "ph$1",
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        searchSource: true,
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    dreamweaver.setUpFindReplace({
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        replaceString: "<$1ol>",
        searchWhat: "document",
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dreamweaver.setUpFindReplace(findAndReplaceObject);
dreamweaver.replaceAll();
Place these HTML and JS files in this directory:
Dreamweaver App Directory/Configuration/Commands/
Then in Dreamweaver, open "Insert" window. (You need to have a HTML file open in order to make the Insert window active.) At the top of the Insert window there's a category dropdown menu ("Common" etc.). Do alt + click (ctrl + click) - then you'll see an item "Reload Extenesions" at the bottom of the dropdown. This will load this extension to DW. (Alternatively you can restart DW to load the extension.)
Now it's ready to run the Extension. Open a HTML document you want to modify. Go to "Commands" on the menu bar. At the bottom of the dropdown there should be an item "Find and Replace Test". Select and enjoy
Notes
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You can use dreamweaver.setUpComplexFindReplace(xmlQueryString) command instead. xmlQueryString is basically <dwquery> ... </dwquery> in your .dwr files, you can copy from your .dwr files. However xmlQueryString needs to be one continuous string (no line breaks), which can be a pain The doc: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/dreamweaver/cs/apiref/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d117f9e09bcf-7ed 9.html
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How can I perform a find and replace against all embedded links?

Hi -
We have a project which links to another project. The URL for the linked to project has changed, and now all hyperlinks fail when clicked.
Yes - I can edit each and every link, but the person who set this up has literally hundreds of links in this project which now need to be changed. Please save my sanity and tell me there is a way to update all links programatically (replace infomoto.mot.com/robo/projects/iccs-bcs with infomoto.mot.com/iccs) in all places it is referenced.
Thanks much,
Anahid

In theory you can use the built in Multi File Find and Replace as the string should be on one line. Personally I would use FAR from http://www.helpware.net/FAR and search using Start With / End With and Must Contain to ensure the string will be found even if it is split over two lines. You could also use BKReplaceEm which is free.
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How can I multi-find and replace relative paths to external topics?

I am using RH7 and publishing to a company server share. External topics are saved on the same server share and linked on my local drive to create a relative link. How can I do a multi-find and replace on the relative links to change the path to the external docs? The paths do not show up in the Topics List because they are relative, not absolute. Although changing all of the many paths manually would be job security, I would like an easier fix. Thanks for any help.

Hello again
Likely your best bet at this point is to use a good Multi-File Find and Replace utility.
While RoboHelp has one included, it often fails. So we typically recommend something like FAR (Find And Replace) or BKReplace.
Click here to visit the FAR site
Click here to visit the page for BKReplace
Cheers... Rick
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Find and replace by text and style

We have a fairly large RH HTML project (300+ topics so far)
most of which have a specific heading in Heading2 style. We want to
change all of these to a style based on Heading2, but not use the
Heading2 style b/c we don't want them to show up in the TOC. I have
created a new style and can obviously open every topic and manually
select and change each one - but I'm hoping that one of your RH
gurus will tell me an easier way. Is there anything comparable to
MS Words Find/Replace that will search the whole project for a
specific word in a specific style?

RoboHelp's Multi-File Find and Replace (in the Tools tab)
should be suitable for this job, and you can control each
occurrence as you choose. (Where this RH utility fails is when your
search string might sit on more than one line, which won't be the
case here.)
You'll run two replacement passes (spaces added to < &
> tags for proper viewing in this forum):
Replace < h2 > with < p class=YourNewStyle >
Replace < /h2 > with < /p >
The < h2 > and < /h2 > strings will never be
split between lines, so RH will catch every one.
BTW, Add me to the list of FAR boosters; it'll let you change
case, change file names, etc., etc., etc. Great tool!
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Prevent Find and Replace from closing after clicking "Replace All"

With the latest release of Dreamweaver CC (2014.1.1), there's been a minor change to the way Find and Replace works. I use Find and Replace a lot to clean up and delete code, so I might do many searches in a row to get things tidy. With the new version however, the Find and Replace window always closes after clicking "Replace All", which is very cumbersome. I need to open it up again, and it doesn't remember the text I entered to use as a replacement.
Does anyone know if there's a way to prevent this window from closing after doing a Replace All? The previous version of Dreamweaver would keep it open and remember the text either until I changed it or I closed Find and Replace myself.
Any pointers that would get me a little closer to the previous version's functionality would be appreciated!

You need to do a find/change for each code individually, but it should be scriptable to take the .csv file and use it to load the find and change values. I'd try asking this over in the scripting forum: InDesign Scripting

Find and Replace across multiple topics

I haven't used RoboHTML in a few years and am getting back to using it again. this is a fairly simple question, but the Help for RoboHelp doesn't seem to provide an answer.
How do you do a simple find and replace across multiple topics? I want to search for a text string and replace it with another text string.

Hi,
Have you tried to use the "Multiple File Find and Replace" option present in RoboHelp. You may access this option from Edit->Find and Replace in Files.
Before trying to find the files, please ensure that the where field in the dialog points to the correct location of your project.
Thanks

Find and replace in files does not refresh when changes are made

Using RH10, I search for a term with the Find and Replace Options pod. I use the Find Results list as a reference only, and open each file from the Topic List. I do this instead of opening the topics from the Find Results tab because I want to see the WYSIWYG changes. Anyway, I make my edits and delete the search term from each topic. Then, to make sure I have done all the work, I run the search again. I expect to see no or at least fewer matches than before, but I still get some or all of the same results as before, even though I double-check the Design and HTML views of the topics and even check the source of a topic separately in Notepad, all indicating that the search term is gone from the topic.
There is some ridiculous lingering or echo going on. I make sure to select Look in: <Current Project>, and the paths of all the Find Results files are fine. How do you refresh the search so that this echo doesn't occur?
Also, I close the Find and Replace Options pod, reopen it and start the search again, and the same results are there.
Message was edited by: DMilkes

Hi there
To avoid the message about the file being modified, close all topics in the editor before commencing with any find and replace operations. The message is produced because you have the aforementioned topics open in the editor.
As you mention "Find and replace in files", I'm guessing you are referring to version 8. I just opened version 8 and performed a find and replace to confirm. There is a button allowing you to clear all.
On the clicking and dragging to create a link, it's never worked that way. You simply cannot drag from the Topic List pod to do it. But you can from the Project Manager pod. Perhaps you should consider submitting a Wish Form to ask for the ability to click and drag from the Topic List pod to create links.
As far as rearranging your topics into different folders, as long as you do it from inside RoboHelp you shouldn't be destroying any links. RoboHelp will update references for you as you move things around. The only issue is if you are automatically creating your TOC structure based on the project structure. But usually that's a one time shot. From there forward you just manage things using the TOC editor.
Hopefully this helps... Rick
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How to prevent find and replace from finding linked files?

I have a bunch of ASP pages that I need to update in the same manner with Find and Replace. In order to do this, I open all the files, use Find and Replace, and choose to Replace All in the Source Code of Open Documents.
Pretty straightforward, right? Except, if I have any include file statements, such as this:

DW opens these files on its own, and updates THEM as well.
This is a very frustrating behavior. I have been through the Preferences several times and I'm just not seeing any way to turn this off.
I have tried Googling this problem, and have seen absolutely no mention of it.
Does anyone know if this annoyance can be disabled?
Thanks.

I would try selecting the specific files in the Files tab, then using "Selected Files in Site" and see what happens.
I think DW considers related files to be "open" (since you can edit them from within the main file they are related to) when that option is turned on and the files they're related to are open.

How can I change a VI that is linked to "NI_Excel.lvclass:Excel Find and Replace (str).vi

I need to create a new VI from, "Excel Find and Replace (str).vi", for my own purposes.
LabVIEW will not allow me to do this, because that VI belongs to, "NI_Excel.lvclass."
Intead of find and replace - I would like it to find a string, and tell me what column and row it is at.
Thank You
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Have you searched the discussion forums for this, even the Excel board?
You'd probably find what you want, or at least something close that you could learn from.
Can you open up the VI that you are asking to change? Even if you aren't permitted to copy it, if you open it and see what it does, you can recode it yourself using the appropriate ActiveX functions.

Folder action to find and replace text and change line feeds

I want to use a folder action to find and replace text and change Mac carriage returns to DOS line feeds inside text files.
The text to be replaced is: "/Users/wim/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Music" (without the quotes)
This text has to be removed (i.e. replaced by an empty string)
The text occurs many times within each file.
The files are playlists exported from iTunes in the M3U format (which are text files). They contain Mac carriage returns. These need to be changed to DOS line feeds.
I have found the following two perl commands to achieve this:
To find and replace text: perl -pi -w -e 's/THIS/THAT/g;' *.txt
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I know that it's possible to make a folder action with Automator that executes a shell script.
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