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Show number of replacements performed

After performing a Find&Replace operation with "Replace All", I'd love to see a pop-up box with information on how many replacements were made.

MS Word does this, and it would be very helpful to have this info in Studio too.

Microsoft Word information pop-up showing 'All done. We made 15 replacements.' with an OK button.

I mentioned this idea 4 years ago on another SDL community forum and it was logged as Enhancement report LTE-296. Unfortunately, the enhancement hasn't been implemented, so I'm adding it as an idea here.

Emma Goldsmith
  • in reply to Adam Warren

    Hi Adam, it was Emma's appeal... 

    You may have seen that we have Lori on the case who is picking this up, so I'm sure it won't be long!

    All the best,

    Ali Smiley

  • In answer to Alison's appeal, I've incremented the number of pleas.

    The programming structure used in a Fortran type language would perhaps contain a WHILE loop.

    The routine would take two parameters of type text: InputString:and ReplacementString, plus an exit parameter of type integer: Endcount.

    In outline, the routine would look something like this:

    ROUTINE SearchAndReplace (InputString, ReplacementString, Endcount)

    {Prompt for InputString and ReplacementString}

     PLACEMARK: Write '###'

    Counter := 0

    WHILE NOT EndOfFile DO

      SEARCH InputString;

       REPLACE WITH ReplacementString;

       Counter := Counter +1;

    ENDWHILE;

    Endcount := Counter;

    {Display Endcount}

    Write 'Number of replacements: '); Write 'Endcount'; Writeline ' replacements';

    {Search upwards for Placemark}

    ERASE Placemark;

    END Routine.

  • in reply to Loredana Stoia

     

    Hi Lori,

    Brilliant, thank you! So, it was all about raising awareness. No deliberate non-promotion. Just a busy website run be people who actually do listen to what their users want.

    As it's always been, in my experience Blush

    All the best,

    Ali Smiley

  • in reply to Philippe Riondel

      Thank you for the feedback and the suggestions on how this should be implemented on Studio side. However it is not just a counter as you may ultimatly see it.

    Also, VBA(Visual Basic for Applications) only runs under MS office suite programs (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint etc etc) and nevertheless a bit far from what Studio codebase actually is.

    As of now, this idea got into my attention, so I will pick this one up and deliver it as soon as time allows against other priorities we might have   &   thank you for the constant feedback and proposals on Studio. 

    Thank you

    Lori