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I am trying to use reg. expr and repl. format, on two almost identical test files, and the behavior is not correct (I guess).

I've posted some files here:

http://www.cyamon.com/zip/wildedit.zip

The image shows what reg.expr/repl. format I am using.

If you load the ''Working.pas'' file (in the test pane) and hit F4, you'll see that:

while ((Dir <> '') or (Drive <> '')) and (WideCanvasTextWidth(Canvas, Result) > MaxLen) do

is correcly replaced by:

while ((Dir <> '') or (Drive <> '')) and (Canvas.TextWidth(Result) > MaxLen) do
begin


Now, if you load the NotWorking.pas file, which is identical to the previous one except that there is more text /after/ the ''replacement'' point, and hit F4, then you wil get this:

while ((Dir <> '') or (Drive <> '')) and (Canvas, Result) > MaxLen) do
begin

Which is different from the previous case! I don't understand this.

Thank you for helping.

Chris

Please don't refer to screen shots; it forces those who are trying to help you to retype in your text, wasting their time and possibly introducing errors.

Select
Options | Matching options: | '.' does not match a newline character
You are selecting everything, including newlines, up to the last comma in the text. Look at what happens to the line
SizeOf(Buffer), nil);
after the replacement.

Alternatively, use
WideCanvasTextWidth\((.*?),\s*
instead of
WideCanvasTextWidth\((.*),\s*

* matches as much as possible, while *? matches as little as possible.

Please don't refer to screen shots;

Thanks ben_josephs. I had hoped to offer some help, but could not be bothered to go to another site, then jump back and forth, etc. So I chose not to get involved. Once again, you are much more tolerant than I. You are to be thanked once more.

Kind words. Thank you. But I'm not so tolerant! Just uncontrollably curious.

Gentlemen,

Thank you very much for the help and yes, in the future, I will not use screen shots anymore.

Chris