Plugin: Search and Replace Text - Skip?

Stu · Post by **Stu** » 21 Jul 2011 17:49

When prompting whether to replace text, you get the buttons 'OK' and 'Cancel'. Is it possible to have a 'Skip' button so that you can keep some searches and change others?

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YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 21 Jul 2011 18:51

I'll have a look at the plug in and see what I can do.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 22 Jul 2011 15:28

I think I found a 'bug' in the IUP.GetParm so I will need to redo the dialog to use a full blown IUP dialog, but in the meantime I have added a checkbox to all you to skip items and added a result set to the end to show what you have changed.

Stu · Post by **Stu** » 22 Jul 2011 15:42

That change works fine now Jane. I can see the plugin being really useful to me. [smile]

Stu · Post by **Stu** » 22 Jul 2011 15:52

As an aside Jane as you asked about testing the plugin rating and commenting. I posted a rating and comment, hit submit, the page refreshed with the comment but without the rating. I hit F5 to refresh and ended up with 2 identical comments. The rating was shown this time though. I should probably have navigated away from the page and back again rather than refreshing.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 22 Jul 2011 16:11

I'll see if I can do anything on that one.

I think I have fixed that 'feature' can you give it another try please.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 27 Jul 2011 09:54

I have updated the Search and replace plugin to provide a skip button and the option to turn off the prompting, you can download it from the Plugin Store.

Post by **tatewise** » 27 Jul 2011 11:51

Tried this latest Search and Replace Text, but with following repeatable odd results.

Search For: Fuller
Replace with: Fuler
Confirm Every Change: Ticked
Names: Ticked
and all other options clear.

Found only one record:
INDI:NAME Ethel Mary FULLER
Replace: Ethel Mary /Fuller/
With: Ethel Mary /Fuler/
Clicked the Skip button.

Gave following Result Set:

1st Record:
Primary Name: Ethel Mary /Fuller/
Alternate Name: Emma /Bradshaw-Fuler/

2nd Record:
Primary Name: Edward Thomas /Bradshaw/
Alternate Name: Edward Thomas Bradshaw /Fuler/

So two problems:
(1) Only reported finding Fuller once even though there are three occurrences in two records.
(2) Despite using Skip it still replaced the two Alternate Name occurrences.

If instead of Skip I choose Ok each time, then it finds and changes all three occurrences correctly.
If I choose Ok for 1st Record Primary Name change, and then Skip for 1st Record Alternate Name change, then those are honoured correctly, but the 2nd Record Alternate Name is also changed without any prompt.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 27 Jul 2011 12:09

Thanks Mike,

Fixed I think.

Post by **tatewise** » 27 Jul 2011 12:27

Yes, that seems OK.

But, the Family Historian Text Search and Replace confirm change window is another example of a non-'sticky' FH window that does not remember its size and position.

Furthermore, would it be useful if your Plugin window was 'sticky' and remembered its size, position, and settings?

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 27 Jul 2011 12:35

As you will see I am currently using GetParam, which does not support any sizing settings.

I will need to completely re-write the plug in to support using full iup.dialogs, the idea with the ones I have done so far was to try and keep the coding simple so other people could use them as a base, hence the use of GetParam.

Post by **tatewise** » 27 Jul 2011 12:50

OK, understood, but perhaps the text strings and tick settings could be 'sticky'?

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