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