Find and replace advanced help

Firstly thank you for reading. I come here as a last resort to see if there's a solution to a problem I have.
Basically I need to rename several thousand images in a blog backup that is being transfered to a new host. The format of the images are as follow
<img alt="Revlon-pedi-egg" border="0" src="images/6a00d8341c873353ef011572419566970b-800wi.jpg" />
where each of the several thousand images has a unique alt tag and a unique image name
What I want dreamweaver to find the alt tag then replace the image name, so that the above image would become
<img alt="Revlon-pedi-egg" border="0" src="images/Revlon-pedi-egg..jpg" />
I have used replace expressions before as well as (.*) etc but I just can't seem to get this one to work.
Is this possible and if so would someone be kind enough to give me some pointers?

FIRST MAKE A BACKUP.
Test this in several pages first.
In Dreamweaver Find and Replace, select the following options:
Find in: Current Document
Search: Source Code
Find:
<img alt="([^"]+)(".*?)src="images\/[^.]+
Replace:
<img alt="$1$2src="images/$1
Select Use regular expression.
Once you are confident that it's making the correct changes, you can then do it for an entire folder or the whole of the current site.
This assumes that all your image tags use double quotes around attribute values as shown in your original post.

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<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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anyone's time typing responses to things I've already tried to do.
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sadamec1 wrote:
> Well David, you Findmaster - it worked! (At least it
found and highlighted the
> code). Now, I need to dig through what you sent me and
compare it against my
> regular expression definitions to find out how to grab
the rest of these
> phrases. You're the best. Thank you!
Glad that it did the trick. Just to help you understand what
I did,
there are two main sections, as follows:
<\?xml[^>]+>
and
<[^>]+(?=class=Mso)[^>]+>
They are separated by a vertical pipe (|), so they simply act
as
alternatives.
The first one searches for <?xml followed by anything
except a closing
bracket until it reaches the first closing bracket.
The second one is more complex. It begins with this:
<[^>]+
This simply looks for an opening bracket followed by anything
other than
a closing bracket. What makes it more intelligent is the next
bit:
(?=class=Mso)
This does a forward search for "class=Mso". It's then
followed by this
again:
[^>]+>
That finds anything except a closing bracket followed by a
closing bracket.
The bit that you need to experiment with is (?=...). It's
technically
called a "forward lookaround". The effect is that the second
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David Powers
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Need advanced "Find and Replace" method

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quote:
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Using Templates with a 900 page site is a crime against
humanity. You reach
the optimal size for Templates between about 50 and 100.
The error you are getting suggests that there are coding
errors on the page
(perhaps even unrelated to ANY DW Template markup). We'd need
to see the
page to make progress with what that might be, as Alan says.
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"RyanWaters" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:ggs7fq$gnq$[email protected]..
>I am a little green to this all. I am trying to find and
replace a word
>inside
> the edit region and Dreamweaver will not change it,
because it says its
> inside
> a locked region, but its a editable region?
> I have about 900 pages I need to make this change on and
was relying on
> the
> find and replace tool to do that. I tried differn't
advanced options,
> nothing
> seams to change it. I am using cs3. Thanks for any help
>

Need Help With find and Replace

I am a little green to this all. I am trying to find and
replace a word inside the edit region and Dreamweaver will not
change it, because it says its inside a locked region, but its a
editable region?
I have about 900 pages I need to make this change on and was
relying on the find and replace tool to do that. I tried differn't
advanced options, nothing seams to change it. I am using cs3.
Thanks for any help

Using Templates with a 900 page site is a crime against
humanity. You reach
the optimal size for Templates between about 50 and 100.
The error you are getting suggests that there are coding
errors on the page
(perhaps even unrelated to ANY DW Template markup). We'd need
to see the
page to make progress with what that might be, as Alan says.
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"RyanWaters" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:ggs7fq$gnq$[email protected]..
>I am a little green to this all. I am trying to find and
replace a word
>inside
> the edit region and Dreamweaver will not change it,
because it says its
> inside
> a locked region, but its a editable region?
> I have about 900 pages I need to make this change on and
was relying on
> the
> find and replace tool to do that. I tried differn't
advanced options,
> nothing
> seams to change it. I am using cs3. Thanks for any help
>

Help with find and replace regex

Hello.
I have a page listing about 50 services that have named
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<a href="/glossary.html#Blogging">Blogging</a>
And what I need is to have the glossary open in a new window.
So how
do I write a regex that will give me:
<a href="/glossary.html#Blogging"
taget="blank">Blogging</a>
Thanks for any help
Lance

Thanks Brendon.
It's Regular Expression; an optioin in the find and replace
dialog.
I've got to replace 50 of these anchors, each different.
<a href="/glossary.html#Blogging">Blogging</a>
<a href="/glossary.html#yadayada">yadayada</a>
etc.
to make them each open in a new window.
<a href="/glossary.html#Blogging"
taget="blank">Blogging</a>
L.
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:40:46 +1300, "Brendon"
<[email protected]>
wrote:
>Whats a regex?
>Why not just do a Find and Replace? Specify the current
local site, and
>voila. Make sure you spell target correctly though ;-)
>
>
><@networkologist@@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]..
>> Hello.
>>
>> I have a page listing about 50 services that have
named anchors to a
>> glossary page. Something like this:
>>
>> <a
href="/glossary.html#Blogging">Blogging</a>
>>
>> And what I need is to have the glossary open in a
new window. So how
>> do I write a regex that will give me:
>>
>> <a href="/glossary.html#Blogging"
taget="blank">Blogging</a>
>>
>> Thanks for any help
>>
>>
>>
>> Lance
>

Find and replace help needed, multiple variables

Hi everyone,
Im trying to find all urls in my code that start in a particular way but have a number variable at the end, see examples below
<a href="/example/examplefolder/enquiry.asp?pid=123">
<a href="/example/examplefolder/enquiry.asp?pid=485">
<a href="/example/examplefolder/enquiry.asp?pid=284">
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How can I use Dreamweaver find and replace to achieve this across my whole website?
So far I only know how to find one thing and replace with another, rather than finding variables and replacing them with one thing.
Thanks for your help with this!

In the Find field of the Find and Replace dialog box, enter this:
(href\s*=\s*\"\/example\/examplefolder\/enquiry\.asp)\?pid=\d+(\")
In the Replace field, enter this:
$1$2
Select the "Use regular expression" checkbox.
Explanation:
The two sets of parentheses are capturing groups, which capture the actual values as $1 and $2.
The \s* matches zero or more spaces.
\" matches a double quote.
\/ matches a forward slash.
\? matches a question mark
\d+ matches one or more numbers.
I have written a two-part tutorial on using regular expressions, which can be found here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/regular_expressions_pt1.html.
Message was edited by: David_Powers (adding explanation of double quote).

Help with removing a variable number using "find and replace"

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That's a possibilitly I'll explore. Thanks for the alternate perspective!
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:38:09 +0000 (UTC), "ToonMariner"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to use the regular expression functionality in
the find and replace
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