Find+replace in all Pages files in a folder

Hi,
A simple question (?). I have a long manuscript which is a folder comprising several dozens of Pages documents. I would like to execute a find+replace command across all the individual documents (without having to open them all one by one...) I guess Applescript will be the answer, but I am not experienced in its use... Would there be a pre-existing script available? I have searched, but with no success.
Many thanks.

Ned is right... if the server can do it, let it. Also - I only wish Flash had file system access on servers... but if they did - how would Adobe sell Flash Media Server?
Google php filelist, php directory list, etc... you'll find lots of useful scripts.

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Any ideas or suggestions?
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I want to develop an application that reads all the files in a folder, and once its done reading those files it reads all the files again.
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I think that I just went the wrong direction.
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user545846 wrote:
Hi
I have done this many times. can guide you. :)And did it fail to work all the times you tried it?
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Copyright (c) 1982, 2006, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
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Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
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With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
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With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
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         2
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
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The code shown is straightforward and understandable. If you don't intend to use it in Acrobat 7, you may even replace the loop throgh the policies array using the indexOf() array object method (introduced with JavaScript 1.6, supported in Acrobat 8 and newer), to simplify the code.
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Message was edited by Sam_P to add screenshot transcript.

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