PC Open 14/pcopen14.iso/Zipped/SR.ZIP/README.TXT

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Thank you for your interest in Search and Replace!

The 32-bit version(SR32.exe) runs on Windows NT and Windows 95, and was tested
on VFAT (Windows 95's file system), and NTFS (Windows NT's optional, more
secure file system).  SR.EXE is for use only on Windows 3.1x.

PLEASE NOTE: While Search and Replace allows replacing in binary files (such
as .DOC, .XLS etc), these proprietary format files may contain internal
counters which may get out of synch.  As a result, the application that
created the file may not be able to read it.  For best results, replace
in ASCII text files (such as .HTM, .RTF, .TXT, .INI, .C, .CPP, .H etc).  In
particular, Word files should be converted to RTF format which can be safely
processed.  For replacing in shortcuts or the registry, see our new utilities
at http://www.funduc.com.

New features in v2.7-2.87 include:
- The program is now available on the Start/Find menu in Windows 95/NT 4.0.
- Several useful scripts are included and copied to the program's directory.
- Numbers can be incremented or decremented using Regular Expression replaces.
  See Help file for more info.
- In replaces, when the strings %%SRPATH%% and/or%%SRFILE%% are found, the program
  will insert the currently processed file path and name in their place.
- In the Windows 95/NT version, Enter on the Search Results acts as a double-click.
- The /s command line parameter now allows relative paths (C: ..\ etc).  See the
  See Help file for more info.
- Standard Browse for Directory dialogs will be displayed, depending on the
  operating system.
- Documentation improvements and a German version of the program and documentation
  will be available at http://www.funduc.com starting in November 1997.
- A new Replace Option was added: Do not change file date/time.
- Command line parameter for Backup directory (ie. /bC:\backup) was added.
- Command Line parameter for Touch can take a date/time stamp or use the current
  date/time(default).  For the 32-bit version, the user's date format is used and
  for time the HH:MM:SSam/pm format.  For the 16-bit version, the same time format
  but the MM/DD/YY or MM/DD/YYYY format is used.  The Touch dialog is only
  displayed if the date/time stamp passed on the command line is in the wrong
  format.  Double quotes MUST be used around the date and time
  (ie. SR32 /pc:\work\*.* /t"01/01/00 1:00:00am").
- Support for different language versions.  Please contact us at [e-mail]
  if you'd like to create a version for your native language.  DLLs and
  documentation for different languages will be posted on http://www.funduc.com
  as they become available.
- Default viewer Option now handles keywords %line% and %path% for current line
  and path for custom editor command line settings.  The keywords are case
  insensitive.
- Help file is now closed when the program exits.
- Regular Expressions allow specifying a range of expressions to match for the +
  operator (ie +5[a-z] matches exactly 5 characters, +5-10[a-z] matches 5 to 10,
  +-5[a-z] matches 5 or less and +5+[a-z] matches at least 5 characters).
- Regular Expressions syntax was improved to allow specifying all characters like
  so: [] means match ANY 1 character, +5[] means match ANY 5 characters etc.
- Touch dialog and Filters Options in the 32 bit version are localized to user's
  date and time format.
- Filters for processing files between dates, sizes.  See Options.
- Output Options were split from Search Options and expanded.  A Display replace
  string feature will allow creation of reports without line numbers.  It also
  serves as a log of what was replaced (when some hits are not replaced, the
  replace string is not output).
- Options dialog is improved (uses tabs for better organization).
- When using scripts, backups are made in separate directories for each path in
  the script(make sure you have enough disk space).
- Searching through .ZIP archive files.  View Context, Open, Open With and
  Open with Default menus can also act on files inside ZIP files.
- You can prepend or append data (several lines if you want) at the beginning or
  end of the files processed using the Binary Mode dialog (... buttons next to the
  Search and Replace fields).  This feature can also be used with scripts.
- The Script Dialog is larger.  Buttons were also added for Inserting and Moving
  (Up and Down) script lines.
- Write changed files to Backup Directory option now allows you to leave your
  original files intact and write the changed files to the Backup Directory instead.
- Regular expressions to find  (and replace) items "close by"
  (up to 4096 characters) can be set in options.  The default is 512 characters.
- The !^$ operators are now supported for regular expressions.  Also the []
  operator now matches only one character in the list specified (to comply
  more with the grep functionality).
- Binary Mode dialog (... buttons next to Search and Replace strings) clearly
  display the CR, LF and TAB characters.  Also the help file better explains
  the use of special characters.
- The Windows 95/NT version allows View Context of binary files through a new
  Freeware utility: HexView.  HexView can be downloaded from
  http://www.funduc.com.  It should then be installed in the
  same directory as Search and Replace(or in the path or the Windows dir.).
- Scripts can be created to specify multiple search/replace combinations (with
  associated settings) and/or multiple paths and masks to process.  The script
  settings (masks, paths, search/replace strings) can also be overridden
  from the main screen.
- Exclude masks can now be used.  For example: *.*;~*.swp;~*.exe;~*.dll will process
  all but *.swp;*.exe;*.dll files.

Features planned for future releases include:

- More options for script users such as show only file names with matches, allow
  searching for files containing "string1 AND (string2 OR NOT(string3))" type
  expressions.
- Allowing excluding of certain subdirectories when processing.
- Touch functionality will allow changing file attributes also.
- Tighter integration with the Windows Explorer for processing certain selected
  files/directories.
- Undo replace feature when using a Backup Directory.

The same help file is used for both versions.

Search and Replace and other useful utilities can be found at the URLs below or
on WUGNET's (Windows User Group Network) CompuServe forums (GO WINSHARE, search for
SR.ZIP).

As part of the registration fee, you will also receive free updates and customer
support for six months (by E-MAIL).  For ordering information, see the help file or
the About Box.

Thank you,

Mike Funduc,  President Funduc Software Inc.
http://www.funduc.com
[e-mail]

Other Funduc Software utilities (at http://www.funduc.com) include:

Shortcut Doctor allows you to check all your links/shortcuts and see which
contain targets which can no longer be found.  You can then delete the
shortcuts, resolve them or replace all shortcuts pointing to a certain
drive or directory with another (after validation of new path is made).
Individual shortcuts can be edited and all shortcuts on a drive can be
displayed, regardless of whether they are valid or not.  CD-ROM drives or
network drives can be ignored during processing (see Options). Cost: $11

Directory Toolkit for Windows 95/NT 4.x (shareware) - It allows files in two
directories/ZIP files to be compared and synchronized, provides add to ZIP,
Extract, renames, copy, move and delete of multiple files using wildcards while
preserving long file names (the DOS commands don't) and also allows changing file
names' case using wildcards, decoding/encoding of (UUENCODED, Base64, XXENCODED,
BinHex) files, splitting/concatenating of file to/from diskettes, Explorer
compatible OLE drag and Drop, Sort Directories, opening files and launching
applications.  Any two files can be compared and a report is displayed. Cost: $25