Visual Studio Macro for Replacing Text in a File
Recently, I used Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 to edit a set of HTML files. As I began to search and replace the same text over and over in these files, I realized that I could do it faster with a macro. To be honest, I had only used Visual Studio macros once or twice before, so I wasn't certain about the specific code that I needed to write to make it happen. Using my prior knowledge of the Microsoft .NET base class library's System.IO.File class and the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications library's String class, I was able to easily figure this out:
Sub ReplaceHTML()
Dim doc As TextDocument
doc = DTE.ActiveDocument.Object
With doc
.ReplacePattern("hiddenScrollOffset"">", _
"hiddenScrollOffset""/>")
.ReplacePattern("VsPackage", "VSPackage", _
EnvDTE.vsFindOptions.vsFindOptionsMatchCase)
.ReplacePattern("Walkthru:", "Walkthrough: ")
.ReplacePattern("i.e.", "for example")
.ReplacePattern("etc.", "and so on")
End With
End Sub
-- Paul
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