Hi Avi, The asterisk ( * ) wildcard matches any character EXCEPT spaces or punctuation; the wildcard character to use for those is the verticle bar ( | ) but also remember that the tab character is "\t" (no quotes) ...
Regardless, unfortunately you can't do it with FrameMaker as you describe attempting.? The search tool removes everything matched by the search string and inserts the replace string in its place, so you will also lose the "Command" string.? It is a great disappointment that a real GREP search capability (or even more general awk text processing features) has never been implemented in FM. If you search for just "Unit32" and replace that with "SHORT_ID" you can do what you want by careful use of the 'Change & Find' or just 'Find' buttons (and I understand how tedious and error-prone this can be.) It may be posible to do this via scripting (e.g. FrameScript, etc.; I'm sure others more knowledgeable will chime in) or possibly by saving to MIF and using a text based editor on that, then reopening it in FM to verify the results.? FWIW, grep and awk (and a number of other unix tools) are available as utilities for Windows and any search engine can point you to places to get them. ? Les --- On Mon, 10/5/09, Avraham Makeler <amakeler at gmail.com> wrote: Hi all, How do you do a Replace on part of a wildcards search? E.,g., I am looking for a line with: Uint32 Command where there can be any type and amount of white space between "Uint32" and "Command". So I guess the wild card search format will be Uint32*Command No? But then if I want to replace just the "Uint32" part with "SHORT_ID". How would i do that? TIA - avi _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as L_C_Smalley at yahoo.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/l_c_smalley%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.