AutoCAD VBA FIND/search Routine?

[muck]

AutoCAD 2010

Does anyone have an AutoCAD VBA Find/search routine that would zoom in on stings in a drawing including
blocks etc? Simular to the AutoCAD find command. I would like have a routine that I could put in
a VBA batch loop to search many drawings at once. I have many drawings that I am looking through and I think
that would help me.

Thank you,

[BlackBox]

I do not know of any VBA routines that accomplish this, but an excellent LISP routine is Lee Mac's Batch Find & Replace Text (http://lee-mac.com/bfind.html).

[muck]

I am looking for a Search Tool in VBA. Not a replace routine.
Something that zooms in on text to see if certain string is in a
drawing.

[BIGAL]

Like Renderman you have to search first before you can replace!

This is search for blocks just change for serach for text, mtext etc


Dim SS As AcadSelectionSet
Dim Count As Integer
Dim FilterDXFCode(1) As Integer
Dim FilterDXFVal(1) As Variant
Dim attribs As Variant
Dim BLOCK_NAME As String
On Error Resume Next
FilterDXFCode(0) = 0
FilterDXFVal(0) = "INSERT"
FilterDXFCode(1) = 2
FilterDXFVal(1) = "Myblockname"

Set SS = ThisDrawing.SelectionSets.Add("issued")
SS.Select acSelectionSetAll, , , FilterDXFCode, FilterDXFVal

For Cntr = 0 To SS.Count - 1
do what ever here and find string

[BlackBox]

Like Renderman you have to search first before you can replace!


What an excellent 'reminder' of the differences between specified, and implied tasks. :wink:

Thanks for the code snippet, Bigal. Cheers! :beer:

[RickyD302]

The Find and Replaced by Lee Macs does just a search.

[muck]

Is Bigal's Code complete?
Thank you

[BlackBox]

Is Bigal's Code complete?

You tell us... what happens when you test it in VBAIDE?

[joeybuttta]

I don't have the actual code, but I do use "Superfind" which is a very powerful VBA find and replace. Doesn't need to open drawings, pretty quick replace tool. If you can't find it searching online, let me know and I'll send it to you.

[francisquintos]

joey! good day to you! i need also the superfind tool and it'll be appreciated more if you'll send it to me too. My email add is francisquintos@yahoo.com.
Thank you very much joey!

[BlackBox]

joey! good day to you! i need also the superfind tool and it'll be appreciated more if you'll send it to me too. My email add is <SNIP>@snip.com (http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/%3Csnip%3E@snip.com).
Thank you very much joey!

:facepalm: SPAM ALERT!

I'd suggest that you NOT post your private email address in the future.

[francisquintos]

thanks renderman for the reminder.