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I received a request to try and research the ability to do a Find/Replace, but apply some basic math on the replace. Basically, locate "X", multiply "X" by 1.2 to get "Y", replace "X" with "Y". Nothing extremely complicated, I just need to figure out the right tool for the job.

We've attempted to ...

Thank you - That worked! I did make one lil adjustment. There seems to be a missing "." at the end of the search string, right before the last "*" - as soon as I added that, it worked like a charm.

- Collin

Here is a perfect example to test with:


Data Stream=DCS Stream
{
Item=Display Start
{
Data=
Start Time To Video=00:00:00;00
Resolution=NTSC
Drop Type=Non-drop frame
Start Time=00:00:00;00
Duration=00:00:00;01
Forced Start=No
Image Area=Image Area
{
X1=0
Y1=0
X2=719
Y2=479 ...

Yes. For this part, it will always look like that (4 parameters), and I will always need to change it "576"


Thank you!

Hello,
I'm trying to streamline a series of commands that searches for a specific string that has been indented ("Image Area=Image Area") & changes some text that appears a few lines after("Y2=479" becomes "Y2=576"):


Image Area=Image Area
{
X1=0
Y1=0
X2=719
Y2=479
}

The reason I have to ...

I don't want to waste anyone's time... I did some searching and found this thread.

I'll take it from here...

thanks guys

Collin

Is it possible to apply a macro to a group of files? Or can you only run a macro on the current open document?

I have all 100+ files loaded into Textpad, and I couldn't figure out how to batch run a Macro. Granted...it was pretty damn quick just clicking down the list and selecting the macro from ...

Ah HA!

Thank you!

Hey!
That actually seems to work really well...

Now if I could link a keystroke to the macro, I would rock thru these in no time! Haha...

Here are my macro steps:
1) Search for text in previous line
2) Replace with " text in previous line \n Directory XX\n"
This basically inserts a new line ...

Hello,
I was hoping I could ask the geniuses in this forum for some help. You've been quite helpful in the past!

I have a bunch of files that I have to paste a directory path into. The directory varies from file to file, and is the actual location of the file itself...they all have a variation of ...

That is EXACTLY what I needed. Worked like a charm. Thank you very VERY much!

(my boss now thinks i'm a genius...heh heh)

have a great day,
- Collin

Hi Bob,
I am trying to switch the extension on a large amount of files from .m2v to .ac3

The common portion of all the files i want to find, starts with:
Activity 101\audio\

and ends with:
.m2V

I need textpad to find those files, ignore the actual file name between them (similar to "101_OUTRO ...

Hello!
I was hoping someone could help me out here. I've spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out how to use regular expressions to fix the extension of a large group of files in my script...and I am having some problems.

The full text of a sample looks like this:
Activity 101\audio\french ...

Is this possible?

Thank you!
- Collin