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.

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I have been asked to update an existing price list (set up as lots of small tables) in Indesign (500+ pages). I have been given a new Excel spreadsheet with the product codes and new prices. I am looking for some assistance on finding or creating a script that can do such a thing if at all possible to speed up the process over just copying and pasting. Does anyone have any suggestions or point me in the right direction?

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the opening one after findWhat and the closing one after changeTo are missing.
2. Your first line contains 2 definitions. Each separate definition should be on a line of its own. (This might occur elsewhere as well, didn't check.)
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Hello,
is it possible to prevent LabVIEW and DIAdem from creating .tdms_index files when opening/creating/editing a .tdms file?
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It looks like you're trying to find and replace source code, so you may be able to look at the various places that are looked at when finding and uncheck the ones that don't apply.
But, if it's all source code then that won't help. One thing that may work is to expand the search option - for example if the work "forum" that you're wanting to change it preceded by another word, or character or something that sets it apart, then do you find on that. You can expand that search phrase as far out in either direction that you need to to make it different, if of course that is practical in your situation.
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Find and Replace across multiple PDF files

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I totally agree with you regarding keeping the source files; it's common sense isn't it! I've only worked at this company for 14 days and the vast majority of docs are years old so it would be nearly impossible to trace back the owner of the document internally and then for who their contact is at the client who originally sent it over. With staff turnover you'd probably get nowhere pretty slowly!
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I am writing a batch script to replace " ", with " ". The below code works but it prefixes each line with the line number and :.
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Code:
@echo off &setlocal
set "search=" ","
set "replace=" ""
set "textfile=Build_Accounts_Plan_Source.txt"
set "newfile=Build_Accounts_Plan_Source_new.txt"
(for /f "delims=" %%i in ('findstr /n "^" "%textfile%"') do (
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type "%newfile%"
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Ragav.

Did you retype the code or did you use copy/paste? Retyping is not a good idea.
You can do this to find the cause of the problem:
Run the modified code below.
Use notepad.exe to open the file TempVBS.vbs in your %temp% folder.
Mark & copy the code, then paste it into your reply.
@echo off
set "textfile=Build_Accounts_Plan_Source.txt"
set "newfile=Build_Accounts_Plan_Source_new.txt"
set Scr="%temp%\TempVBS.vbs"
( echo Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"^)
echo Set oInput = oFSO.OpenTextFile(WScript.Arguments(0^), 1^)
echo sData = Replace(oInput.ReadAll, "," ^& VbCrLf, VbCrLf^)
echo Set oOutput = oFSO.CreateTextFile(WScript.Arguments(1^), True^)
echo oOutput.Write sData
echo oInput.Close
echo oOutput.Close) > %Scr%
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Can automator do that?
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I doubt anyone is going to download and look at your code. Please remember that anyone who helps you here is a volunteer, and so the onus is on you to make helping you as easy as possible to do. That means you must take the effort to pare your code down to the bare minimum that shows your problem and compiles, and then post this code here. If you do decide to do this, please use code tags by highlighting your code after pasting it, and then pressing the Code button just above the editor window.
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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.
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I downsaved the VI to 8.6, I'm not sure in which version you are working, if you have 8.6 or higher you are able to open it. Hope this brings you further,
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Martijn S
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