Chip Hitware 9/Chip_Hitware_Vol_09.iso/chiphit9/tools/95sr/read.me

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Thank you for your interest in Search and Replace!

Create a directory and copy all the files on disk into it.  If you are running
Windows 95 or NT, create a shortcut to SR32.EXE.  Windows 3.1x users, add SR.EXE
to a group in the Program Manager.

The SR.ZIP file contains the latest version of Search and Replace for Windows (sr.exe), as well
as the 32-bit version of Search and Replace (sr32.exe).  The 32-bit version runs on Windows NT
and Windows 95, and was tested on VFAT (Windows 95's file system), and NTFS (Windows NT's
optional, more secure file system).

PLEASE NOTE: While Search and Replace allows replacing in binary files (such
as .DOC, .XLS etc), these proprietary format files may contain internal
counters which may get out of synch.  As a result, the application that
created the file may not be able to read it.  For best results, replace
in ASCII text files (such as .HTM, .RTF, .TXT, .INI, .C, .CPP, .H etc).

New features in v2.7-2.84 include:
- Filters for processing files between dates, sizes.  See Options.
- Output Options were split from Search Options and expanded.  A Display replace
  string feature will allow creation of reports without line numbers.  It also
  serves as a log of what was replaced (when some hits are not replaced, the
  replace string is not output).
- If a file is in use by another application and cannot be changed, an error
  message is now displayed.  Also, all system colors are correctly used in Windows
  95 and NT 4.x.
- A new, better looking Select Directory dialog is now used.
- View Context dialog font can now be changed.
- Options dialog is improved (uses tabs for better organization).
- When using scripts, backups are made in separate directories for each path in
  the script(make sure you have enough disk space).
- Script files are stored in ASCII text format for easy editing and printing (using
  any text editor).
- A button was added to the Binary Mode dialog (... button next to Search and
  Replace string fields) to check for \ characters and change them to \\ so that
  they are parsed correctly.  The dialog also checks if any \ characters may need
  to be doubled (\\) and prompts the user to do so.
- Searching through .ZIP archive files.  View Context, Open, Open With and
  Open with Default menus can also act on files inside ZIP files.
- You can prepend or append data (several lines if you want) at the beginning or
  end of the files processed using the Binary Mode dialog (... buttons next to the
  Search and Replace fields).  This feature can also be used with scripts.
- The Script Dialog is larger.  Buttons were also added for Inserting and Moving
  (Up and Down) script lines.
- Write changed files to Backup Directory option now allows you to leave your
  original files intact and write the changed files to the Backup Directory instead.
- Show only File Names option was implemented.
- Buttons for Replace/Skip in current directory were added in the Replace
  Confirmation dialog.
- Regular expressions to find  (and replace) items "close by"
  (up to 4096 characters) can be set in options.  The default is 512 characters.
- For the Replace option Prompt on each file, a Cancel button allows you
  to stop the replace at any time.
- The !^$ operators are now supported for regular expressions.  Also the []
  operator now matches only one character in the list specified (to comply
  more with the grep functionality).
- Regular Expressions are now better documented and with more examples
  in the help file.
- Binary Mode dialog (... buttons next to Search and Replace strings) clearly
  display the CR, LF and TAB characters.  Also the help file better explains
  the use of special characters.
- The Windows 95/NT version allows View Context of binary files through a new
  Freeware utility: HexView.  HexView can be downloaded from
  http://www.funduc.com.  It should then be installed in the
  same directory as Search and Replace(or in the path or the Windows dir.).
- Scripts can be created to specify multiple search/replace combinations (with
  associated settings) and/or multiple paths and masks to process.  The script
  settings (masks, paths, search/replace strings) can also be overridden
  from the main screen.
- New command line parameters were added for Touch, Replace and sCript file.
  See help file for more details.
- File Finder feature and collection of file names to process is faster.
- Exclude masks can now be used.  For example: *.*;~*.swp;~*.exe;~*.dll will process
  all but *.swp;*.exe;*.dll files.

Features planned for future releases include:

- Allow replacing at certain columns in a file using Regular Expressions.
- Undo replace feature when using a Backup Directory.
- Allow a "counter" type replace where a numeric value would be incremented with
  every replace in a file.
- Allow making changes without changing the date/time stamp.
- More options for script users such as show only file names with matches, allow
  searching for files containing "string1 AND (string2 OR NOT(string3))" type
  expressions.

The same help file is used for both versions.

Search and Replace and other useful utilities can be found at the URLs below or
on WUGNET's (Windows User Group Network) CompuServe forums (GO WINSHARE, search for
SR.ZIP).

As part of the registration fee, you will also receive free updates and customer
support for six months (by E-MAIL).  For ordering information, see the help file or
the About Box.

Thank you,

Mike Funduc,  President Funduc Software Inc.
http://www.funduc.com
[e-mail]