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Hi all
please can you help me finding a function that replace a word in mytext.txt ?

I know how to do it in TextObject.ReplaceSelection("What I want to replace")
But how i replace it in the file ?

OL,
Maybe I can suggest a few of the 'pieces'.

I think there is not a specific, ready-made OpusScript function that will surgically find and replace a word within a text file. However you can make one.

My understanding of Windows is that even if you are going to replace only one Word in a file, essentially you are going to Read the whole file back, change it, and Write the whole file. So that is what I think you have to construct for your purposes here.

What I suggest is you Read file and Write file. In between, you simply set that read to a variable (string).
Here is what I suggest you use to do the 'find' & 'replace':
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3745&hilit=join see the Post from Mackavi on August 30th, 2009, 8:43 am

There are other OpusScript functions you could use, such as 'FindText()' or 'FindTextInSelection()', which are essentially string manipulations... that may help you here, but you are still bringing in the whole contents of the file anyway.

Is this what you are after?

The easy part is replacing a word in a string.
The hard part (difficulty depending on the file structure) is loading the words into Opus...
If the file contains just a list of words separated by returns, tabs or commas, you can load each word into an array and replace whatever you like, but if you are talking about replacing words in a paragraph or phrase and keeping the formatting it will be considerably more difficult...

I'd suggest finding a grep like utility you can launch from Opus, there must be one around that will do what you want...
With Opus 7's ability to load DLL's, you could also make (or find) a DLL that would do the job for you.

Paul