Limit search / replace on a table or a spreadsheet

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• How can I make a long list of search - replace only the master

  Hello world

  I had this script:

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------

  myDocuments var = app.documents.everyItem ();
  var myLayers = myDocuments.layers.everyItem ();

  Locked text on master blocks spreads are not affected.
  If you want to unblock, please add something like this:

  Unlock all elements of each document page on is spreading and Captain spreads (optional):
  myDocuments.pageItems.everyItem (.locked = false);

  var myPageItemsOnNormalSpreads = myDocuments.spreads.everyItem ().pageItems.everyItem ();

  Unlock the layers (optional)
  myLayers.locked = false;

  Lock all elements of page level first on normal spreads
  This leaves the elements on the page on unlocked master spreads:
  myPageItemsOnNormalSpreads.locked = true;

  Now for the GREP part:
  app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
  app.findGrepPreferences = changeGrepPreferences = null;
  app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\b20\\d+\\b";

  Research on "all open document" level
  Which returns an array of arrays:
  var myTarget = myDocuments.findGrep ();

  Flattening of myTarget Bay:
  var flattenedFoundArray = [];

  for (var n = 0; n < myTarget.length; n ++) {}
  flattenedFoundArray = flattenedFoundArray.concat (myTarget [n]);
  };

  Change the content of the texts found in flat table:
  for (var n = flattenedFoundArray.length - 1; n > = 0; n-) {}
  flattenedFoundArray [n] .silence = String (Number(flattenedFoundArray[n].contents) + 1);
  };

  Unlock all objects on normal spreads:
  myPageItemsOnNormalSpreads.locked = false;

  Reset search GREP and edit the prefs:
  app.findGrepPreferences = changeGrepPreferences = null;

  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------

  made by Uwe

  I change in this, to make a multi elements of search - replace only the master

  //==============================================================================

  myDocuments var = app.documents.everyItem ();
  var myLayers = myDocuments.layers.everyItem ();

  Locked text spreads masters frameworks are not affected.
  If you want to unblock, please add something like this:

  Unlock all items page of each document of spreads and master spreads (optional):
  myDocuments.pageItems.everyItem (.locked = false);

  var myPageItemsOnNormalSpreads = myDocuments.spreads.everyItem ().pageItems.everyItem ();

  Unlock the layers (optional)
  myLayers.locked = false;

  Lock all elements of page level first on normal spreads
  This leaves the elements on the page on unlocked master spreads:
  myPageItemsOnNormalSpreads.locked = true;

  Now for the GREP part:
  app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
  app.findGrepPreferences = changeGrepPreferences = null;
  app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "USA";

  Research on "all open document" level
  Which returns an array of arrays:
  var myTarget = myDocuments.findGrep ();

  Flattening of myTarget Bay:
  var flattenedFoundArray = [];

  for (var n = 0; n < myTarget.length; n ++) {}
  flattenedFoundArray = flattenedFoundArray.concat (myTarget [n]);
  };

  Change the content of the texts found in flat table:
  for (var n = flattenedFoundArray.length - 1; n > = 0; n-) {}
  flattenedFoundArray [n] .silence = "CHINA";
  };

  Unlock all objects on normal spreads:
  myPageItemsOnNormalSpreads.locked = false;

  Reset search GREP and edit the prefs:
  app.findGrepPreferences = changeGrepPreferences = null;

  
  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------

  myDocuments var = app.documents.everyItem ();
  var myLayers = myDocuments.layers.everyItem ();

  Locked text spreads masters frameworks are not affected.
  If you want to unblock, please add something like this:

  Unlock all items page of each document of spreads and master spreads (optional):
  myDocuments.pageItems.everyItem (.locked = false);

  var myPageItemsOnNormalSpreads = myDocuments.spreads.everyItem ().pageItems.everyItem ();

  Unlock the layers (optional)
  myLayers.locked = false;

  Lock all elements of page level first on normal spreads
  This leaves the elements on the page on unlocked master spreads:
  myPageItemsOnNormalSpreads.locked = true;

  Now for the GREP part:
  app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
  app.findGrepPreferences = changeGrepPreferences = null;
  app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = 'Washington DC';

  Research on "all open document" level
  Which returns an array of arrays:
  var myTarget = myDocuments.findGrep ();

  Flattening of myTarget Bay:
  var flattenedFoundArray = [];

  for (var n = 0; n < myTarget.length; n ++) {}
  flattenedFoundArray = flattenedFoundArray.concat (myTarget [n]);
  };

  Change the content of the texts found in flat table:
  for (var n = flattenedFoundArray.length - 1; n > = 0; n-) {}
  flattenedFoundArray [n] .silence = "Beijing."
  };

  Unlock all objects on normal spreads:
  myPageItemsOnNormalSpreads.locked = false;

  Reset search GREP and edit the prefs:
  app.findGrepPreferences = changeGrepPreferences = null;

  
  //===============================================================================

  only what I can do is to repeat and repeat again

  is this another perfect solution to do?

  Thank you

  Teetan

  Try this,

  findChange("USA", "CHINA");
  findChange("Washington DC", "Beijing");
  
  function findChange (findWhat, changeContent){
      var myDocuments = app.documents.everyItem();
      var myLayers = myDocuments.layers.everyItem();
      //Locked text frames on master spreads are not touched.
      //If you want to unlock them you have to add something like this:
      //Unlock ALL page items in every document on spreads and master spreads (optional):
      myDocuments.pageItems.everyItem().locked = false;
      var myPageItemsOnNormalSpreads = myDocuments.spreads.everyItem().pageItems.everyItem();
      //Unlock the layers (optional)
      myLayers.locked = false;
      //Lock all first level page items on normal spreads
      //That leaves the page items on master spreads unlocked:
      myPageItemsOnNormalSpreads.locked = true;
      //Now for the GREP part:
      app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
      app.findGrepPreferences = changeGrepPreferences = null;
      if(findWhat)app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = findWhat;
      //Do the search on "all open document" level
      //That will return an array of arrays:
      var myTarget = myDocuments.findGrep();
      //Flattening the myTarget array:
      var flattenedFoundArray = [];
      for(var n=0;n=0;n--){
          if(changeContent)flattenedFoundArray[n].contents = changeContent;
          };
      //Unlock all objects on normal spreads:
      myPageItemsOnNormalSpreads.locked = false;
      //Reset GREP find and change prefs:
      app.findGrepPreferences = changeGrepPreferences = null;
  }
  

  Vandy

• Script a search/replace using a data source

  So I wrote a program (c#) a few years ago which basically opens a file, InDesign Exchange, doing a search/replace, based on a datasourse SQL table and then our graphics people would just convert the INX file in InDesign and ultimately in PDF format.  Too many steps.

  There are more than 2,500 pieces of variable data in each file, so a product like DesignMerge is not practical.  Our database consists mainly of 2 fields [LookFor] and [ReplaceWith], I would like an Indesign script that will just run through the data file and do a find/replace for each record.  Is this feasible and what someone has suggestions or starting points?

  Thank you!

  No, it doesn't matter what format to use: text delimited csv or tab. Of course you can leave it as it is.

• Dreamweaver search / replacement of marked text no longer work

  Dreamweaver search / replacement of marked text no longer work

  When I mark a block of text and begin to replace a single string for example, DW replace only the first is the string a judgment of exploitation

  Try to update your version of DW Adobe - Dreamweaver Support Center: Updaters

• Search &amp; replace history in illustrator

  How to maintain search & replace history, when I quit illustrator and open search & replace history disappears

  

  @

  But you could add 'save queries to search/replace' in the feature request form, and maybe we'll get it in a future version. Feature request/Bug Report Form

• How the process of searching / replacing text within brackets ([])

  Hello

  How the process of searching / replacing text within brackets ([]).

  I want to make the process so that the replacement inside text: ([]) this particular color and style of a particular paragraph.

  You try this option: (-[]) ([*. * \w*\d*)(\])

  Unfortunately, the process was not successfully that entirely, it does not determine if there is more than one paragraph.

  File test installation with photos.

  Sorry for mistakes in writing, I don't know English well.

  PDF + INDD

  http://www.up-00.com/?ggcf

  http://www.up-00.com/?QBcf

  
  

  Fonts:

  http://www.up-00.com/?ABcf

  

  

  

  Relevant if no Notes: (?s)\[.+?\]

  If not, this regular expression could play the game:   (?s)\[(~F?. *?) +\]

• How rename (search/replace) par UN script styles sheets

  How rename (search/replace) the sheets of styles, par UN script?

  In order to remove all the "exotic" characters

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• Search &amp; replace confirmation

  I installed SQL Developer 4.0.0.13 and I'm not really fond of the new confirmation box search / replace.  Around the screen, it jumps to the next occurrence of the text being constantly have to hunt the box around the confirmation screen.  I'd rather have the features like pre - 4.0 versions that keep the box of confirmation in one place while stressing again the next shot.

  Is - this configurable?  I don't see this in the preferences.

  Thank you.

  No hunting around not required, just use the shortcut keys Alt + Y, Alt + N, Alt + A

• How can I search - replace in master pages only?

  Hello world

  How can I search - replace in master pages only?

  for example:

  I want to change in 2013-2014, but only in master pages.

  in master pages for all of the open files.

  How can I do?

  Teetan

  Hi Teetan,

  To set a goal is more of halfway to creation script.

  Check this box:

  app.doScript('main()', ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.FAST_ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "grow numbers on masters");
  function main() {
    catchOption = app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages;
    app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
    app.findGrepPreferences = changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\b\\d+\\b";
  
  var
    mTarget = app.documents.everyItem().masterSpreads.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem(),
    mFound = mTarget.findGrep(),
    mConFound = [],
    len = mFound.length;
  
    if (len && mFound[0].constructor.name == "Array")
         while (len-->0)
              mConFound = mConFound.concat(mFound[len]);
  
    len = mConFound.length;
    while (len-->0) {
         mConFound[len].contents = String(Number(mConFound[len].contents) + 1);
    }
    app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = catchOption;
  }
  

  Jarek

• Application updates in bold and in italics while doing a search/replace on the contents of merged data

  Hello
  Wonder kind knowledgeable people if you can help me with a question find/replace.

  I'm doing a fusion of data of book content in indesign, where my data merge file is a simple text csv file that is delimited by tabs. I have two things (almost like here) I would like to make to specific parts of the text, but do not know how to achieve this.

  -First of all, I would like to preserve the words/phrases of form 'italic', but it's obviously lost in a csv file.  Is there anyway that I can mark these words so a search/replace can make this italic of the word.  Im hoping that there is a solution that looks something like this;
  for example.  Content of the book is 'the italics of the word needs to be adjusted.
  Original content is modified to be "the word $Italic $ $ needs to be adjusted", so that a dollar sign encapsulates the word in italics.
  Then I am able to merge data from the csv file and somehow make a search/replace words/phrases that are wrapped by the dollar sign.  So, do a find/replace all the words/phrases that satisfy this condition and then apply italic to all the words between the dollar signs.

  -My other question is that I use the ' |' character in my text to determine paragraph separators.  I then do a find/replace after you import the text to replace all occurrences of ' |' for the paragraph separator (a kind of symbol $, a representative character in the menu drop down to the right of the change to). It works fine, but I would like to make a "BOLD" format paragraph separator so that it can better distinguish the separation of text sections.

  But this is different from my problem "italic" above, since I am trying to apply a "BOLD" format to the character "change to", rather than something that exists in my original csv.

  Hope I think, but I'd be happy to provide you with screenshots etc. (when I get home at )
  Best Rgds
  L

  two solutions.

  for the solution of italics, I would say that the OP has answered his own question with one exception - do not use the symbols dollar, instead use = or another character that is not reserved by GREP.

  the solution I would use for italics would be a GREP search once the merger completed. Take a look at the picture to see what I did.

  

  the second solution: styles GREP.

  This means that the text will have a paragraph style are entrusted to him. make a style and character called "BOLD" in this style, the only thing to change is located in basic character formats, set the bold font style. might even make the character another example cyan color is more easily strucure.

  Then go to the paragraph style options, click on GREP styles and correspond to the following screengrab

  

  the advantage with a GREP style is that once the vertical bar (|) is replaced, the GREP style bold is lost; and that means less post processing and not needing a second search of the text - it's all living.

• Site search using several database tables

  I am able to search my site for certain keywords using a single database table for example I can search for the butterflies using butterflies search table list. However I would like to have a global search for all types of wild animals on my ex of site from visitors to the homepage can search all species with the word Green in the name. If the search function needs to look at a range of tables, for example floralist; fungilist etc. I have problems with the sort code - I'm a bio-scientist a programmer so any suggestions would be appreciated.

  Here is my code for the search using a single table:

    <?php
  if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
  function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "") 
  {
    if (PHP_VERSION < 6) {
      $theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;
    }
    $theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);
    switch ($theType) {
      case "text":
        $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
        break;    
      case "long":
      case "int":
        $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
        break;
      case "double":
        $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? doubleval($theValue) : "NULL";
        break;
      case "date":
        $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
        break;
      case "defined":
        $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
        break;
    }
    return $theValue;
  }
  }
  $colname_search11 = "-1";
  if (isset($_POST['species'])) {
    $colname_search11 = $_POST['species'];
  }
  mysql_select_db($database_cjwebsite, $cjwebsite);
  $query_search11 = sprintf("SELECT * FROM `moths searchl ist` WHERE species LIKE %s", GetSQLValueString("%" . $colname_search11 . "%", "text"));
  $search11 = mysql_query($query_search11, $cjwebsite) or die(mysql_error());
  $row_search11 = mysql_fetch_assoc($search11);
  $totalRows_search11 = mysql_num_rows($search11);
  ?>
  

  
  followed by:

  <div class="results">
        <?php do { ?>
          <ul>
            <li><a href="Insects/Moths/species.php?id=<?php echo $row_search11['id']; ?>"><?php echo $row_search11['species']; ?></a></li>
          </ul>
          <?php } while ($row_search11 = mysql_fetch_assoc($search11)); ?>
        </ul>
  

  
  My address is www.hebridensis.co.uk

  Thank you

  Christine

  Hi Chris,

  If the fields are basically the same for all the tables, seems, it would be better to merge them into a single table of "wildlife" and add a field "category", in this way you only ever have to query this table even if several categories are added, each record would have a unique id, and you could open up opportunities to do research with no dependents drop-down menus (i.e. a drop down menu allows the user to select) a category and then will fill up with the category-based species).

  It wouldn't be too hard to create the new table, but I wonder how many other elements of your site could be affected by the change.

  Hope this helps,

  Greg

• allows you to search/replace to delete certain hidden character

  Hallo, I imported a text file from a CSV using the data merge, now inside indesign text, I find some hidden character as two points (see the screenshot in attachment), what is the code to use in the window search/replace to select and remove all the? I have two years ago but don't remember how.

  Maybe "" in find it field can work (by replacing with nothing). Try first if ID is really something!

• Do case-insensitive search/replace

  I use the basic find/replace script that comes with CS4

  How can I fix these sort the returned "yd³" does not like Yd³?  I want to do these search/replace case.  Bottom of case 'in' tiny 'out '.   Top of case 'IN' uppercase 'OUT '.

  "text {findWhat:"cu.yd.} ". {changeTo: "yd³"} {includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:false} Find out all the dashboard dashboard and replace it with an em dash.
  text {findWhat: "cu.yd"} {changeTo: 'yd³'} {includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:false} find all the dashboard dashboard and replace it with an em dash.
  text {findWhat: "vg3"} {changeTo: 'yd³'} {includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:false} find all the dashboard dashboard and replace it with an em dash.
  text {findWhat: "cu.yd"} {changeTo: 'yd³'} {includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:false} find all the dashboard dashboard and replace it with an em dash.

  Thank you in advance.

  Bill Bernhardt

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  770-831-2249.

  Add caseSensitive:true to the list of options.

  Peter

• Search &amp; replace - can search a nonstandard file extensions?

  I m need to use find / replace to search for text in files with the extension *.ini, but don t DW (CS4) 'open to search for' this type of file, even I select the file and use "selected files to the Site."

  There is a trick to do this?

  TKS

  Baraldi

  I have not tested with search & replace, but instructions on how to get Dreamweaver to recognize other file name extensions can be found here:

  http://go.adobe.com/kb/ts_tn_16410_en-us.

• Create table replaces the existing table in mssql

  In a program that allows us to update our sites, we use the function 'create an array' of MS SQL to create missing tables in databases.
  
  Thousands of time we used it, if a table already exists with the same name of the table in the create table MS SQL survey command an error.
  
  In fact, MS SQL documentation indicates that only if you include the optional 'replace' command, will be a replaced existing table.
  
  But today, we used this program on a new host, that we are trying, and the create table command actually did replace an existing table with a new table, delete all the records from the old table.
  
  I'm trying to understand what this would allow the settings at the server level.
  
  This is the code we use:
  
  < CFQUERY NAME = "recipe" DATASOURCE = "recipe" dbtype = "ODBC" username = "" #ruser # "password =" #rPASS #">"
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  RecipecatID int IDENTITY(1, 1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
  recipecatdescription NVARCHAR (50) NULL)
  < / cfquery >

  Are you sure that this is not just to create another table with the same name, but one
  different owner?

  I saw the strangeness (it's probably just weird for me because I am ignorant)
  of what is happening), I can READ a table owned by another user without
  calling the name of the table with its owner, and when I go to CREATE a table
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  the former. If I'm right in the name of the table, I can ask both/either. Kind
  way similar CF hunting around different scopes when you aren't eligible one
  reference to a variable.

  Also, your code should probably be testing to see if the table exists
  before you try to create it anyway. "Just try and catch.
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  --
  Adam