A Macro Example

A common task performed by XReplace-32 macros is to run a replacements on a variable set of files using the same replacements grid. For example, an XReplace-32 user manages a web site, which is stored in c:\www. We would like to replace http://www.foo.com by http://www.foo.net .

We have first created and saved a replacements grid with a single row: http://www.foo.com replaced by http://www.foo.net . The file is called foo.rpl.

Then, we have created a new macro (comments start with #):

# change directory to c:\www cd c:\www # set the filter to *.htm filter_set *.htm # make sure the tagged files list is empty removeall # drag and drop files dirdragdrop # load the foo.rpl file saved into c:\xreplace grid_load c:\xreplace\foo.rpl # make sure the whole words only option is off whole_words false # make sure the case-sensitive option is off case_sensitive false # launch the replacements operation go

This macro can be saved and is ready to be used. With such a macro, all new .htm files uploaded to the site will be parsed and the links will be adjusted.