Hi
The problem with the Windows built in find and replace is that it takes too long to find the text in files and it does not support Regex.
I wrote a fairly simple script which can be used to search a directory tree using Visual Studio. The aim is that you would have a right click a folder in Explorer and then click on "Find using Vs2005" and this would drop you into visual studio and the text box contains the directory you selected.
It is a simple script, but I hope you find it useful:
Code:
#SingleInstance force
#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
SetTitleMatchMode, 2 ; A window's title can contain WinTitle anywhere inside it to be a match
Run, C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe ; The program we use to search files with
Loop, 50 ; Spend a maximum of 5,000ms = 5sec for Visual Studio to open for this purpose.
{
IfWinExist Start Page - Microsoft Visual Studio ; It has finally loaded!
{
WinActivate, Start Page - Microsoft Visual Studio ; Activate the window
Send, ^+f ; Open the Find in Files dialog using this shortcut
Sleep, 100 ; Sleep long enough so the find dialog can initialise
if 0 > 0 ; If there is at least one argument
{
StringReplace, 1, 1, ",, All ; Remove trailing instances of quote " mark
ControlSetText, Edit3, %1%, Find and Replace ; Set the Directory Text box to the argument
}
ControlFocus, Edit1, Find and Replace ; Set the focus to the string search box
Break ; Break if we so all the above.
}
Sleep, 100
}
ExitApp
We also need need a registry entry which adds the context sensitive menu to the windows explorer:
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\FindVs2005]
@="Find using Vs2005"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\FindVs2005\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\AutoHotkey\\AutoHotkey.exe\" \"C:\\FindInFiles.ahk\" \"%L\""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell\FindVs2005]
@="Find using Vs2005"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell\FindVs2005\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\AutoHotkey\\AutoHotkey.exe\" \"C:\\FindInFiles.ahk\" \"%L\""
Obviously replace C:\\FindInFiles.ahk to the path of the script.
-Tahir
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