Introduction -
Functions Overview
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Functions Overview
The first step of replace process in AKS Text
Replacer is specifying the folder to search in
and files to search for. The program is very
flexible will allow to specify not just one folder to search in,
but several folders or even exclude
some folders from the search. The same idea is behind
files to search. User can specify a single file mask, a list of
file masks or specify the link to the file with masks list. If
necessary files with some masks can be excluded from the search.
- On the second step the text search and replace group should be
specified. There might be any number of search and replace
groups combined. Moreover, the program is not limited to just a
single line text, user is free to use multiline text
for search
or replace.
Certainly, there is an interface to
specify file size and date filters. On the third step user can
specify the size of files that should be found, the creation or
modification date for the file. The one feature that software
developers like about date filters is that it is possible to
specify there exact time, e.g. hours, minutes and seconds,
sometime it is crucial to the search and replace task.-
Regular expressions are
supported for search and replace groups.
- What the program will do when it will find necessary text in
file which meets certain conditions? It is up to user! AKS Text
Replacer can overwrite the original file and replace text there
directly or it can place a modified file in some other folder.
It is good idea to check "Create backup" checkbox, so the
program will create a copy of files before replacing text in
them.
- What will happen when user will click
"Start" button? The program will not work silently; anyone wants
to see what happens there and to have an ability to change
something. Once the AKS Text Replace will find text in the file,
it will should Replace Dialog, where user will see how the file
looks now and what it will be like after replacement. There is a
possibility to abort the process immediately, if something is
wrong, also there are several buttons which make the process
easy controllable. User can agree or disagree
on this very replacement in this very
file or on
any replacement in this file
or on any replacement in the folder of the file or, if
everything looks properly, user can agree on this and all future
replacements.
- The resulted log file will show how
many replacements where made, how many files where browsed and
replaced.
- Finally, developers have thought about
saving time and reuse problem, giving user a possibility to
save
search and replace options, or what is very useful for software
developers or web-masters, to create Windows batch file
(.bat),
which can be used for automated replacement in future.
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