Yes. The examples are all 7.x Windows.... If you can do VB, you can do VBScript using WinUDF and VBScript FileSystemObject to do all in one gulp file processing....
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Limburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 3:58 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: RBase65++Dos - Search and Replace in text files > Mike > > I just thought about something.. Isn't RBase Windows required > for your exe, dll type examples.. > If so, then this wouldn't do me too much good I think. > > I've run and even created a few myself for windows > -- using WinUDF type calls, never in DOS > though > Jim > > MikeB wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "William Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 3:32 PM > >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: RBase65++Dos - Search and Replace in text files > > > > > > > > > >>I just replaced 5000 "comment" with "komment" in a 12 megabyte file using > >>UltraEdit. > >> > >>A good text editor is the best tool for such a task. > >> > >> > > > >No argument on that Bill, but the ListBox solution gives you the ability to > >process text in excess of a Note datatype within the programming environ of > >RBase. That was the goal...But for small jobs like Jim was talking about, you > >could also use the setup in my demo (it includes a FileOpen/Save dialog, etc. > > > > > > > >>Bill Cook > >>Kent WA USA > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "MikeB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 13:23 > >>Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: RBase65++Dos - Search and Replace in text files > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>The ListBox Demo I have prepared will demonstrate Search and Replace in a > >>> > >>> > >>text > >> > >> > >>>file (Who woulda thought you would/could use a listbox for that?). > >>> > >>>I have tested it on as large as 2MB textfile (although it took over a > >>> > >>> > >>minute to > >> > >> > >>>do 28000 line file). > >>> > >>>Stay tuned.... > >>> > >>> > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "Jim Limburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 3:03 PM > >>>Subject: [RBASE-L] - RBase65++Dos - Search and Replace in text files > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>G-Day all > >>>> > >>>>Has anyone created a snippet that will do the following: > >>>> > >>>>RBase Dos 6.5++ > >>>> > >>>>Basic purpose is to load an ascii based file (any text file) > >>>>line by line into a table then, run a SRPL or ???? to update > >>>>lines (acutally words) like replace the word tmdinv03 with tmdinv04 > >>>>and then reconstitute the file with another name. > >>>> > >>>>1. Prompt for a file name.. > >>>> > >>>>2. Load the file line by line > >>>> > >>>>3. Change a specific text value to another in all instances > >>>> > >>>>4. write the file back out with another name. > >>>> > >>>>You probably guessed that I want to basically automate > >>>>the rewrite of and APP file. I would like to do this for more > >>>>than one word if possible.. > >>>> > >>>>I know I have at least two items I would like to replace.. that is > >>>>where it says RUN soandso IN tmdinv03.apx to tmdinv04.apx and where > >>>>it says CONNECT tmdinv03 to CONNECT tmdinv04. > >>>> > >>>>Let's see what you got. > >>>> > >>>>Jim > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > > > > > > > >
