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Replace Command

Replaces text in files using a subset of the options available on the Replace in Files tab of the Find and Replace window.

Syntax

Edit.Replace findwhat replacewith [/all] [/case]
[/doc|/proc|/open|/sel] [/hidden] [/options] [/reset] [/up]
[/wild|/regex] [/word]

Arguments

findwhat

Required. The text to match.

replacewith

Required. The text to substitute for the matched text.

Switches

/all or /a

Optional. Replaces all occurrences of the search text with the replacement text.

/case or /c

Optional. Matches occur only if when the uppercase and lowercase characters exactly match those specified in the findwhat argument.

/doc or /d

Optional. Searches the current document only. Specify only one of the available search scopes, /doc, /proc, /open, or /sel.

/hidden or /h

Optional. Searches concealed and collapsed text, such as the metadata of a design-time control, a hidden region of an outlined document, or a collapsed class or method.

/open or /o

Optional. Searches all open documents as if they were one document. Specify only one of the available search scopes, /doc, /proc, /open, or /sel.

/options or /t

Optional. Displays a list of the current find option settings and does not perform a search.

/proc or /p

Optional. Searches the current procedure only. Specify only one of the available search scopes, /doc, /proc, /open, or /sel.

/regex or /r

Optional. Uses pre-defined special characters in the findwhat argument as notations that represent patterns of text rather than the literal characters. For a complete list of regular expression characters, see Regular Expressions.

/reset or /e

Optional. Returns the find options to their default settings and does not perform a search.

/sel or /s

Optional. Searches the current selection only. Specify only one of the available search scopes, /doc, /proc, /open, or /sel.

/up or /u

Optional. Searches from the current ___location in the file toward the top of the file. By default, searches begin at the current ___location in the file and advance toward the bottom of the file.

/wild or /l

Optional. Uses pre-defined special characters in the findwhat argument as notations to represent a character or sequence of characters.

/word or /w

Optional. Searches only for whole words.

Example

This example replaces btnSend with btnSubmit in all open documents.

>Edit.Replace btnSend btnSubmit /open

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