Find and Replace Across Multiple Sites

Hi,
Just wondering if anyone knows a way or a piece of software
that enables you
to Find and Replace code, text etc across multiple sites?
I am using DWMX2004 and I can do it on a per site basis but
not multiple
sites at once.
Any idea's???
Thanks
Darrell....

Alan wrote:
> IF these dreamweaver sites are all in a common folder,
like
> sites:siteA and sites:siteB and so on- You could make a
new dw site that
> has the common root folder "sites" as it's Local folder.
Find and Replace
> sitewide while in that site would effect all the files
within the defined
> folder.
You don't have to define a site, Blue, just select a folder
to search.
Mick
>
> also, other text editors have good find and replace
features.
>
> back up, back up, and then make another back up copy.
>
> If working with links in this "super site" definition-
be aware of the
> possible problems of defining a site where the root
isn't the real root.
>
>
>>Just wondering if anyone knows a way or a piece of
software that enables you
>>to Find and Replace code, text etc across multiple
sites?
>
>
>

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I am trying to create a watch folder that uses red_menace script to:
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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
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", ".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

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> and
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won't work, and
> it
> shows me that the effects are there in the Behaviors
panel but when i pres
> F12
> the effects are not there.
>

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If you want to donate something nonetheless you could do so over at
http://ps-scripts.com/bb/
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        var idTxLr = charIDToTypeID( "TxLr" );
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        var idAl = charIDToTypeID( "Al " );
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    desc22.putReference( idnull, ref3 );
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        var desc23 = new ActionDescriptor();
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There is a live preview /so you will see the change in case you want to pick a different gray, of course you can always go back to the recolor art dialog.
I am afraid you manually have to select text frames with multiple colors in order to accomplish what you want but the method above I believe is the only want to change the colors.
This video shows how the dialog works but pretend the one frame I did not select is another color.
http://www.wadezimmerman.com/videos/RecolorText.mov

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