Check spelling and find and replace

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Hi there
If you have mistakenly added a word to the Ignore list, you are able to clear it. Click Tools > Spelling Options > Ignored Words tab. Select the word and click Delete and you should be good to go for spell check flagging it again.
Cheers... Rick
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Be good: check spelling

We're seeing people search for things in Dreamweaver Help --
simple things -- and coming up empty-handed. There are lots of
reasons for this, one of them being the new google search engine
that powers Web Help searches and the new Community Help.
The
Dreamweaver team blog is going to maintain a running list of
topics that google has trouble delivering for whatever reason.
Here's the first big one:
SPELL CHECK
We see that you've had a hard time finding the basic spell
check documentation in Dreamweaver. The reason for it is because
the command is actually called "Check Spelling" and so the
documentation refers to it as such. If you search for "check
spelling," the documentation should come up right away in Community
Help or in product Web Help; but because of google relevance
matching, things like "spell check," "spell checker," and "spelling
check" have not been working adequately. We're trying to adjust
this so that it works better. In the meantime, you can get to the
topic here:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/WSc78c5058ca073340dcda9110b1f693f21-7cc 8a.html

I'm having the same problem. I can't see any pattern to the
files without spell checker and those that have it. This is really
pretty important as I depend on a good spell checker. I checked the
problem files with my Dreamweaver MX and no problem. Its just an
issue with CS3.

Check spelling with foreign words

I am using InDesign CS4 to create documents which mix foreign words and phrases in standard US English. The problem is that when I use Check Spelling, it flags as misspelled many properly-spelled non-English words.
When these suspect words have accents, clicking the Ignore All or Add buttons does absolutely nothing. Every instance of the accented suspect word is flagged throughout the document.
Is there some simple way for me to add accented words to my user dictionary? I've read the Adobe Help doc for Check Spelling and it's no help whatsoever.

Why the heck I can't just Ignore All or Add an accented word to my user dictionary with a single click is beyond me.
I would guess that it's because the folks who are in charge of adding features to InDesign didn't figure that anyone was going to need a one-click way to do this. As a language-industry pro I am somewhat horrified that you overtly want to pollute your dictionary with words from multiple languages... but hey, this is your project and your working environment, so it's your call. That being said, I can think of a few potential workarounds:
1) Adding a keyboard shortcut for Edit -> Spelling -> User Dictionary. That way, once your word is highlighted, you only need to enter two keystrokes - one for your shortcut, then Enter to add the highlighted word.
2) If you were to upgrade to a later version of InDesign, you might be able to use Adobe Configurator to create a custom panel that would have a single button to add a word to a user dictionary. Unfortunately, it seems that it's not available for CS4.
3) Put in a feature request, and wait.

Why won't Check Spelling work in TextEdit?

Since the last couple of updates to Mountain Lion OSX (v10.8.4) the TextEdit, Mail, Notes, and Stickies applications can't check spelling and grammar. The dialog box "Show Spelling & Grammar" won't open either. Check Spelling isn't working in this post I'm writing within Safari.
I verified that System Preferences "Language & Text" has correct spelling turned on. I double-checked the Edit>Spelling & Grammar choices were turned on in all the apps listed above.
Looking for some help or directions. My last OS Software on DVD is Snow Leopard and it wouldn't update the above applications or anything else. I posted a message to Apple Support earlier and am waiting for a reply.
Thanks
Also have MacBookPro, iphone, and ipad with all software up-to-date.

I reinstalled OSX 10.8.4. Spell check still doesn't work for mail, textedit, stickies, or Notes. I also enabled Language & Text in the System Preferences.
Spell check works in this reply when I click the green check mark above.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks.
P.S. I have 1.5 Mbps speed. I can get 7 Mbps if I pay an extra $15 per month and buy a new modem for $100 ...NOT.

Dumb Q: problem with Find And Replace window in Flash 8

Dear Flash Group,
apologies if this is trivial, it's my first day using Flash.
I downloaded a Flash project from
http://www.flashorb.com/articles/benchmark_files/flash-benchmark.zip.
This
flash calls into a web service at localhost:8080. I used the
'Find and
Replace' window within Flash Professional 8 to locate the
string
'localhost:8080' and replaced it with plain 'localhost'.
However, when I 'Debug the Movie' (Ctrl-Shift-Enter), it
still tries to
access port 8080! Obsiously, my replace command did not do
what I thought it
would do. I opened the FLA file in a binary editor, and saw 4
more
references to 8080, One if them in 'Properties' of a
WebServicesConnector,
but I cannot figure out how to find the other occurences.
Checking on google, I see lots of people having similar
problems, but no
solutions
Any ideas?
Regards, /george
PS. What do you guys do for code completion - is there a tool
that would
bring Flash on par with an professional IDE?

george,
> when I 'Debug the Movie' (Ctrl-Shift-Enter), it still
> tries to access port 8080! Obsiously, my replace
> command did not do what I thought it would do.
Agreed.
> I opened the FLA file in a binary editor, and saw 4
> more references to 8080, One if them in 'Properties'
> of a WebServicesConnector, but I cannot figure out
> how to find the other occurences.
Might they be the result of that WebServicesConnector
reference?
> Checking on google, I see lots of people having
> similar problems, but no solutions
That's really odd, actually. I'm on these boards every day,
and I've
never heard of this issue. I don't *think* the Find/Replace
dialog visits
panel contents, such as the Component Inspector panel, but I
wouldn't swear
to that.
> What do you guys do for code completion - is there
> a tool that would bring Flash on par with an
professional IDE?
Well, Flash is a professional IDE, of course. By definition,
if you pay
for something, you have acquired a professional product or
service. I know
what you mean, though. Flash itself rocks, but the Actions
panel can be
glaringly weak. Personally, I use SE|PY to edit ActionScript.
http://www.sephiroth.it/python/sepy.php
Sorry I can't speak to your other issue. :-/
David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
Dev essays:
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Find and replace with multiple files and with a watch folder

I am trying to create a watch folder that uses red_menace script to:
1. Have a folder that receives multiple xml files that run the script one by one.
2. then move the files to an output folder.
I tried modifying the set TheFIle to choose file -- the original text file to:
with multiple selections allowed
But that doesn't seem to work. I know i'm missing a step. Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks!
The way i'd like to setup things is having an input folder on the desktop (or just have the application on the desktop and I can drag the files onto it), and let it do it's thing. Once it's done have it export the xml files into an output folder.
Here's what i got so far:
on open
set TheFIle to choose file -- the original text file
set TheFolder to ("Macintosh HD:Users:user1:Desktop:out") -- the folder for the output file
set TheName to (GetUniqueName for TheFIle from TheFolder) -- the name for the output file
set TheText to read TheFIle -- get the text to edit
set Originals to {"KPCALDATE", "KPCALEVENT", "KPCALDAY", "KPCALBODY", "obituaries name", "" & return & "</cstyle></pstyle>" & return & "<pstyle name=\"obituaries text\"><cstyle>", "<pstyle name=\"obituaries text\"><cstyle name=\"Graphics Bold leadin\" font=\"ADV AGBook-Medium 2\">", "<pstyle name=\"Recipe Ingredients\"><cstyle>", " .com", " .net", " .org", " .edu", "www .", "www. ", "Ho- nolulu", "<pstyle name=\"kicker 12\"><cstyle allcaps=\"1\">fashion news</cstyle><cstyle allcaps=\"1\">" & return & "</cstyle></pstyle>" & return & "", "<component name=\"Headline 1\" type=\"Headline\">" & return & "<header>" & return & "<field name=\"Component name\" type=\"string\" value=\"Headline 1\"/>" & return & "<field name=\"Component type\" type=\"popup\" value=\"Headline\"/>" & return & "</header>" & return & "<body>" & return & "<pstyle name=\"hed STANDARD 36\"><cstyle>", "<pstyle name=\"obituaries text\"><cstyle allcaps=\"1\">", "<pstyle name=\"obituaries text\"><cstyle name=\"Graphics Bold leadin\">", "<pstyle name=\"tagline\"><cstyle>-", "-", "
Per serving:", "<pstyle name=\"Titlebar - mini, red\"><cstyle allcaps=\"1\">NATION & World </cstyle><cstyle allcaps=\"1\">Report</cstyle><cstyle allcaps=\"1\">" & return & "</cstyle></pstyle>" & return & "", "</cstyle></pstyle>"} -- the terms that can be replaced
set Replacements to {"subhed", "subhed", "subhed", "Normal", "obituaries text", ", ", "<pstyle name=\"obituaries text\"><cstyle name=\"Graphics Bold leadin\" font=\"ADV AGBook-Medium 2\">", "<pstyle name=\"Recipe Ingredients\"><cstyle>
", ".com", ".net", ".org", ".edu", "www.", "www.", "Honolulu", "", "<component name=\"Headline1\" type=\"Headline\">" & return & "<header>" & return & "<field name=\"Component name\" type=\"string\" value=\"Headline1\"/>" & return & "<field name=\"Component type\" type=\"popup\" value=\"Headline\"/>" & return & "</header>" & return & "<body>" & return & "<pstyle name=\"hed STANDARD 27\"><cstyle>", "<pstyle name=\"obituaries text\"><cstyle allcaps=\"1\">", "<pstyle name=\"obituaries text\"><cstyle name=\"Graphics Bold leadin\">", "<pstyle name=\"tagline\"><cstyle>", " ", "
Per serving:", "","" & return & "</cstyle></pstyle>"} -- the replacement terms
repeat with AnItem from 1 to count Originals
set TheText to (replaceText of TheText from (item AnItem of Originals) to (item AnItem of Replacements))
end repeat
try -- write a new output file
tell application "Finder" to make new file at TheFolder with properties {name:TheName}
set OpenFile to open for access (result as alias) with write permission
write TheText to OpenFile starting at eof
close access OpenFile
on error errmess
try
log errmess
close access OpenFile
end try
end try
end open
to GetUniqueName for SomeFile from SomeFolder
check if SomeFile exists in SomeFolder, creating a new unique name if needed
parameters - SomeFile [mixed]: a source file path
SomeFolder [mixed]: a folder to check
returns [text]: a unique file name and extension
set {Counter, Divider} to {"00", "_"}
-- get the name and extension
set {name:TheName, name extension:TheExtension} to info for file (SomeFile as text)
if TheExtension is missing value then set TheExtension to ""
set TheName to text 1 thru -((count TheExtension) + 2) of TheName
set NewName to TheName & "." & TheExtension
tell application "System Events" to tell (get name of files of folder (SomeFolder as text))
repeat while it contains NewName
set Counter to text 2 thru -1 of ((100 + Counter + 1) as text) -- leading zero
set NewName to TheName & Divider & Counter & "." & TheExtension
end repeat
end tell
return NewName
end GetUniqueName
to EditItems of SomeItems given Title:TheTitle, Prompt:ThePrompt
displays a dialog for multiple item edit (note that a return is used between each edit item)
for each of the items in SomeItems, a line containing it's text is placed in the edit box
the number of items returned are padded or truncated to match the number of items in SomeItems
parameters - SomeItems [list]: a list of text items to edit
TheTitle [boolean/text]: use a default or the given dialog title
ThePrompt [boolean/text]: use a default or the given prompt text
returns [list]: a list of the edited items, or {} if error
set {TheItems, TheInput, TheCount} to {{}, {}, (count SomeItems)}
if TheCount is less than 1 then return {} -- error
if ThePrompt is in {true, false} then -- "with" or "without" Prompt
if ThePrompt then
set ThePrompt to "Edit the following items:" & return -- default
else
set ThePrompt to ""
end if
else -- fix up the given prompt a little
set ThePrompt to ThePrompt & return
end if
if TheTitle is in {true, false} then if TheTitle then -- "with" or "without" Title
set TheTitle to "Multiple Edit Dialog" -- default
else
set TheTitle to ""
end if
set {TempTID, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {AppleScript's text item delimiters, return}
set {SomeItems, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {SomeItems as text, TempTID}
set TheInput to paragraphs of text returned of (display dialog ThePrompt with title TheTitle default answer SomeItems)
repeat with AnItem from 1 to TheCount -- pad/truncate entered items
try
set the end of TheItems to (item AnItem of TheInput)
on error
set the end of TheItems to ""
end try
end repeat
return TheItems
end EditItems
to replaceText of SomeText from OldItem to NewItem
replace all occurances of OldItem with NewItem
parameters - SomeText [text]: the text containing the item(s) to change
OldItem [text]: the item to be replaced
NewItem [text]: the item to replace with
returns [text]: the text with the item(s) replaced
set SomeText to SomeText as Unicode text -- TID's are case insensitive with Unicode text
set {TempTID, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {AppleScript's text item delimiters, OldItem}
set {ItemList, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {text items of SomeText, NewItem}
set {SomeText, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {ItemList as text, TempTID}
return SomeText
end replaceText
Message was edited by: gamebreakers

When you use the open or adding folder items to handlers, you need to add the parameters for the file items passed to them.
I'll go ahead and post the applet/droplet version of my original script from the previous topic for reference:
<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px; height: 340px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #FFEE80;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
-- search and replace multiple items applet/droplet/folder action
-- the terms to replace - edit as needed
property EditableItems : {¬
"one", ¬
"two", ¬
"three", ¬
"four", ¬
"five", ¬
"six", ¬
"seven", ¬
"eight", ¬
"nine", ¬
"ten", ¬
"eleven", ¬
"twelve", ¬
"thirteen", ¬
"fourteen", ¬
"fifteen", ¬
"sixteen", ¬
"seventeen", ¬
"eighteen", ¬
"nineteen", ¬
"twenty"}
-- the folder for the output file(s) - change as needed
property TheFolder : (path to desktop)
property LastEditItems : EditableItems
on run
the applet/droplet was double-clicked
open (choose file with multiple selections allowed)
end run
on open TheItems
items were dropped onto the applet/droplet
parameters - TheItems [list]: a list of the items (aliases) dropped
returns nothing
repeat with AnItem in TheItems
ReplaceMultipleItems from AnItem
end repeat
end open
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
folder action - items were added to a folder
parameters - this_folder [alias]: the folder added to
these_items [list]: a list if items (aliases) added
returns nothing
repeat with AnItem in these_items
ReplaceMultipleItems from AnItem
end repeat
end adding folder items to
to ReplaceMultipleItems from SomeFile
replace multiple text items in SomeFile
parameters - SomeFile [alias]: the file to replace items in
returns nothing
set TheName to (GetUniqueName for SomeFile from TheFolder) -- the name for the output file
set TheText to read SomeFile -- get the text to edit
set Originals to (choose from list EditableItems default items LastEditItems with prompt "Select the terms to replace:" with multiple selections allowed) -- the specific terms to replace
set LastEditItems to Originals
set Replacements to (EditItems of Originals with Title given Prompt:"Edit the following replacement terms:") -- the replacement terms
repeat with AnItem from 1 to count Originals
set TheText to (ReplaceText of TheText from (item AnItem of Originals) to (item AnItem of Replacements))
end repeat
try -- write a new output file
tell application "Finder" to make new file at TheFolder with properties {name:TheName}
set OpenFile to open for access (result as alias) with write permission
write TheText to OpenFile starting at eof
close access OpenFile
on error errmess
try
log errmess
close access OpenFile
end try
end try
end ReplaceMultipleItems
to GetUniqueName for SomeFile from SomeFolder
check if SomeFile exists in SomeFolder, creating a new unique name if needed
parameters - SomeFile [mixed]: a source file path
SomeFolder [mixed]: a folder to check
returns [text]: a unique file name and extension
set {Counter, Divider} to {"00", "_"}
-- get the name and extension
set {name:TheName, name extension:TheExtension} to info for file (SomeFile as text)
if TheExtension is in {missing value, ""} then
set TheExtension to ""
else
set TheExtension to "." & TheExtension
end if
set {NewName, TheExtension} to {TheName, (ChangeCase of TheExtension to "upper")}
set TheName to text 1 thru -((count TheExtension) + 1) of TheName
tell application "System Events" to tell (get name of files of folder (SomeFolder as text))
repeat while it contains NewName
set Counter to text 2 thru -1 of ((100 + Counter + 1) as text) -- leading zero
set NewName to TheName & Divider & Counter & TheExtension
end repeat
end tell
return NewName
end GetUniqueName
to EditItems of SomeItems given Title:TheTitle, Prompt:ThePrompt
displays a dialog for multiple item edit (note that a return is used between each edit item)
for each of the items in SomeItems, a line containing it's text is placed in the edit box
the number of items returned are padded or truncated to match the number of items in SomeItems
parameters - SomeItems [list]: a list of text items to edit
TheTitle [boolean/text]: use a default or the given dialog title
ThePrompt [boolean/text]: use a default or the given prompt text
returns [list]: a list of the edited items, or {} if error
set {TheItems, TheInput, TheCount} to {{}, {}, (count SomeItems)}
if TheCount is less than 1 then return {} -- error
if ThePrompt is in {true, false} then -- "with" or "without" Prompt
if ThePrompt then
set ThePrompt to "Edit the following items:" & return -- default
else
set ThePrompt to ""
end if
else -- fix up the given prompt a little
set ThePrompt to ThePrompt & return
end if
if TheTitle is in {true, false} then if TheTitle then -- "with" or "without" Title
set TheTitle to "Multiple Edit Dialog" -- default
else
set TheTitle to ""
end if
set {TempTID, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {AppleScript's text item delimiters, return}
set {SomeItems, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {SomeItems as text, TempTID}
set TheInput to paragraphs of text returned of (display dialog ThePrompt with title TheTitle default answer SomeItems)
repeat with AnItem from 1 to TheCount -- pad/truncate entered items
try
set the end of TheItems to (item AnItem of TheInput)
on error
set the end of TheItems to ""
end try
end repeat
return TheItems
end EditItems
to ReplaceText of SomeText from OldItem to NewItem
replace all occurances of OldItem with NewItem
parameters - SomeText [text]: the text containing the item(s) to change
OldItem [text]: the item to be replaced
NewItem [text]: the item to replace with
returns [text]: the text with the item(s) replaced
set SomeText to SomeText as text
if SomeText contains OldItem then
set {TempTID, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {AppleScript's text item delimiters, OldItem}
try
set {ItemList, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {text items of SomeText, NewItem}
set {SomeText, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {ItemList as text, TempTID}
on error ErrorMessage number ErrorNumber -- oops
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to TempTID
error ErrorMessage number ErrorNumber
end try
end if
return SomeText
end ReplaceText
to ChangeCase of SomeText to CaseType
changes the case or capitalization of SomeText to the specified CaseType using Python
parameters - SomeText [text]: the text to change
CaseType [text]: the type of case desired:
"upper" = all uppercase text
"lower" = all lowercase text
"title" = uppercase character at start of each word, otherwise lowercase
"capitalize" = capitalize the first character of the text, otherwise lowercase
returns [text]: the changed text
set SomeText to SomeText as text
if CaseType is not in {"upper", "lower", "title", "capitalize"} then return SomeText
return (do shell script "/usr/bin/python -c \"import sys; print unicode(sys.argv[1], 'utf8')." & CaseType & "().encode('utf8')\" " & quoted form of SomeText)
end ChangeCase
</pre>
Edit: how does the choose from list dialog handle those big strings? I'm guessing not very well - is that why you avoided using them?
Message was edited by: red_menace

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
To change carriage returns to line feeds: perl -i -pe 's/\015/\015\012/g' mac-file
I know that it's possible to make a folder action with Automator that executes a shell script.
What I want to do is drop the exported playlists in M3U format in a folder so that the folder action will remove the right text and change the carriage returns.
My questions are:
Is it possible to make a folder action that executes command line commands instead of shell scripts?
What is the correct syntax for the two commands when used in a folder action shell script? Especially, how do I escape the slashes (/) in the string to be removed?
Thanks for your help

Ok, I've include an applescript to run a shell command. The applesript command quoted form makes a string that will end up as a single string on the bash command line. Depending on what you want to do, you may need multiple string on the bash command lines. I've included some information on folder actions.
It is easier to diagnose problems with debug information. I suggest adding log statements to your script to see what is going on. Here is an example.
    Author: rccharles
    For testing, run in the Script Editor.
      1) Click on the Event Log tab to see the output from the log statement
      2) Click on Run
    For running shell commands see:
    http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2002/tn2065.html
on run
    -- Write a message into the event log.
    log " --- Starting on " & ((current date) as string) & " --- "
    -- debug lines
    set desktopPath to (path to desktop) as string
    log "desktopPath = " & desktopPath
    set unixDesktopPath to POSIX path of desktopPath
    log "unixDesktopPath = " & unixDesktopPath
    set quotedUnixDesktopPath to quoted form of unixDesktopPath
    log "quoted form is " & quotedUnixDesktopPath
    try
        set fromUnix to do shell script "ls -l " & quotedUnixDesktopPath
        display dialog "ls -l of " & quotedUnixDesktopPath & return & fromUnix
    on error errMsg
        log "ls -l error..." & errMsg
    end try
end run
How to set up a folder action.
1) right click on folder. click on Enable folder actions
2) Place script in
/Library/Scripts/Folder Actions Scripts
3) right click on folder. click on attach folder action
pick your script.
Create a new folder on the desktop & try.
You can put multiple folder actions on a folder. There are other ways of doing this.
Here is my test script:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving dropped_items
    repeat with dropped_item_ref in dropped_items
       display dialog "dropped files is " & dropped_item_ref & " on folder " & this_folder
    end repeat
end adding folder items to
How to make the text into an AppleScript program.
Start the AppleScript Editor
/Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor.app
In Snow Leopard it's at: /Applications/Utilities/AppleScript Editor
Copy the script text to the Applescript editor.
Note: The ¬ is typed as option+return. ption+return is the Applescript line continuation characters.
You may need to retype these characters.
Save the text to a file as an script and do not check any of the boxes below.

Find and Replace using Wildcards

I am following the procedure outlined in Trent’s Blog:
http://www.trentmueller.com/blog/search-and-replace-wildcard-characters-in-dreamweaver.htm l
This is fantastic stuff and will really help me.
I have a few (but only a few) times had success.
It says to “Use regular expression.” What does that mean? What is an “irregular expression?” I have tried with the box checked and unchecked. Usually with the box checked it will not Find my string. I uncheck the box and it sometimes does.
Example:
Link to www.schembs.com/TEST_jds_1.html
At the moment all the Cases are identical. I have not uploaded the .css to the site so the right-most formating is not properly displaying. It does work when the .css is available.
In the source code I literally copy the line of code:
Joh. Heinrich Schöm (1713-1785) 1.
and paste it into the Find box of F&R. I then put my cursor above the line and it does not Find it, giving me the “Done. Not found in current document.” response. I uncheck the “Use regular expression” box and it will find it.
THEN,
I try using a wildcard (with the box checked), Finding:
([^<]*)
or
[^”]*
and it will find the misc. lines, e.g. where the text is “Case #1”, but not the lines of interest, with Heinrich’s name. With the box unchecked it Finds nothing.
Really would appreciate help. Thanks.
jds

jds zigzag wrote:
It says to “Use regular expression.” What does that mean?
A regular expression is a pattern for matching text. It uses a combination of literal characters and special symbols or sequences of characters (technically called metacharacters or metasequences) to represent such things as the beginning and end of a line or any alphanumeric character. For example, \d represents any number (single digit), \d* represents zero or more numbers in sequence.
I have written a tutorial series on using regular expressions in Dreamweaver here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/regular_expressions_pt1.html.
I try using a wildcard (with the box checked), Finding:
([^<]*)
or
[^”]*
They're not wildcards, but regular expressions. The first part matches the literal characters . The next sections use metacharacters.
([^<]*) matches zero or more characters (and as many as possible) that don't include an opening angle bracket (<). The parentheses "capture" the value that's matched so it can be used in a replace sequence.
[^"]* matches zero or more characters (and as many as possible) that don't include a double quote. There are no parentheses, so the value is not captured for reuse.
The closing matches those literal characters.
Regular expressions are not easy, but they're extremely powerful, and a good skill to acquire.

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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Find and Replace simple action crashes Illustrator CC

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http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11366
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[ 'FHairCurlyafroBoy *Hair', 'Hairboy2' ],
[ 'FHairSpikyBoy *Hair', 'Hairboy3' ],
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A more advanced way to do this doesn't even need loop to over all layernames -- instead you can immediately "get" the correct name per layer! It's magic! Almost!
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// JavaScript Document
var doc = app.activeDocument;
// name indexed object
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'FHairBowlBoy *Hair':'Hairboy1',
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if (layernames[currentLayer.name])
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Enjoy!

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Yep.
"A Better Finder Rename" is great for batch file renaming.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11366
Renamer4mac may be all you need.
Best check out VersionTracker. In fact everybody should have this site bookmarked and visited daily.
http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/

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I have a column of type NCLOB with some text having url's in between as shown below:
========================================================================
This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.
<A PL/SQL </A>
Thsi text is also for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.
<A http://forums.oracle.com> </A>
This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.
========================================================================
Requirement:
========
Requirement is to implement the find and replace functionality.
I just need to check whether the search text is present in the url or not?
Suppose if search for orcale.com, since its part of the url so the search should be successful otherwise search should be unsuccessful.
Here I can give you the hint like, always the url lies between the anchor tags *(<A </A>).*
Tahnks in Advance.

I had I think a similiar question the other day thay I Frank and Michaels answered for me.
not sure if I totally have what you want but.
WITH t
 AS (SELECT '<A PL/SQL This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.This text is for testign purpose.
 txt
 FROM DUAL)
SELECT REGEXP_SUBSTR (REGEXP_REPLACE (txt, '(.*<A)|(</A>.*)'), 'oracle.com')
FROM tthe first part the regexp replace part gets the text between a start and end point you mentioned that would be <A and </A>
the regexp substr just looks for the phrase oracle.com in the text between those two points.
Edited by: pollywog on Oct 6, 2010 8:26 AM

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