I am using this handler to search and replace (I answered my own previous
post about the replace after studying the wonderful class on text files at
the XWorlds "MetaClass" site.)
on mouseUp
global jai, hrim
answer file "Select A Text File"
put it into tPath
put url ("file:"&tPath) into theFileData
replace jai with hrim in theFileData
put theFileData into url ("file:"&tPath)
end mouseUp
This is awesomely fast! compared to anything I have ever used to date.
Replacing as many as 14000 instances of a string in a 3 meg text file in the
blink of an eye!--MC is great. . .
But first we prompt the user for the search and replace strings with this
handler:
on mouseUp
global jai, hrim
ask "What do you want to replace?" with "OK"
if it is empty then exit mouseup
put it into jai
ask "With what" with "OK"
if it is empty then exit mouseup
put it into hrim
put jai & "|" & hrim & cr after field "replaceList"
# the intent is to save the strings for future use using a
"pipe" (|) as delimiter
end mouseUp
Two questions:
1) line:
put jai & "|" & hrim & cr after field "replaceList"
is not working. . .no data appears in the field. . .which is on the same
card. This appears correct to me. . .but doesn't work.
2) how does one enter special characters into an ASK dialogue box?
Specifically I need to replace double returns and some tab & cr
combinations. But I would like to be able for the user just to paste those
in. . .but if you paste a string that has a return in it into the dialogue
box, the return seems to 'disappear." Do I need to use escape sequences?
Thanks.
Hinduism Today
Sivakatirswami
Editor's Assistant/Production Manager
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