Script for find and replace

[tim_allen81]

When using the "Find" operation, either through the drop down menu or by typing "find" at the command prompt, a dialog box opens in which different fields (e.g. Enter Text String) are completed and then the required operation is selected (find, replace, replace all).

Is there a way to stop the dialog box opening and allow the fields of the dialog box to be entered through the command line? This would then enable me to write a script to perform the find and replace operation.

I am making the same text change to over 100 hundred drawings and need to write a script to do this.

Regards,

Tim

[StykFacE]

i'm over at a friend's house so i don't have AutoCAD in front of me, and i don't think you can do it through the command line. however, try it out, i could be wrong. try typing -FIND at the command line, anytime you put a hyphen in front of a command, that's how you access it through the command line. if it doesn't work, chances are it's through dialog box only.

[dbroada]

I haven't found a way of doing it yet. It is possible in VBA & LISP. If you have no luck here ask in the appropriate area. Give it a while though as most of us pop in and out of them all.

[drewd1508]

Hi

I need to make it clear that it is not the same text change in 100 different drgs. it is up to 100 text changes within a single drg, ie 100 different text strings each text string being a different no. (Autocad 2007)

Cheers

[tim_allen81]

Hi

You are correct. Labels for different equipment are changed in a single drawing. However, there are hundreds of labels. I have the list of current and new labels in an excel spreadsheet.

Thanks for reading my problem.

[alawson.bsiengr]

I'm having the same problem except my changes are exactly the same on each of my 150 drawings. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Strix]

there have been a couple of threads before on this topic - you may need to hunt back a while to find them, but the search facility works quite well