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msalvador
Frequent Contributor
5 years ago

replace a string in a file

Hi guys, I need to find a string in a file and replace with another string I find: web.admin.user=admin and I want to chane with: web.admin.user=pippo a snippet: function FindandReplaceTextValue(Filen...
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    msalvador
    5 years ago

    Here the solution:

    function FindandReplaceTextValue(Filename, OldStr, NewStr) //Find a text in a file and replace it
    {
      var sPath = Filename;

      // Opens the created file for reading
      var myFile = aqFile.ReadWholeTextFile(sPath, aqFile.ctANSI);
     
        if (aqString.Find(myFile,OldStr)!= -1)
        {
          myFile = aqString.replace(myFile, OldStr, NewStr); //Replace string
          aqFile.WriteToTextFile(Filename, myFile, aqFile.ctANSI, true);
        }
    }
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msalvador
Frequent Contributor

Here the solution:

function FindandReplaceTextValue(Filename, OldStr, NewStr) //Find a text in a file and replace it
{
  var sPath = Filename;

  // Opens the created file for reading
  var myFile = aqFile.ReadWholeTextFile(sPath, aqFile.ctANSI);
 
    if (aqString.Find(myFile,OldStr)!= -1)
    {
      myFile = aqString.replace(myFile, OldStr, NewStr); //Replace string
      aqFile.WriteToTextFile(Filename, myFile, aqFile.ctANSI, true);
    }
}
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sonya_m
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
5 years ago

Thank you for sharing msalvador