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June 1, 2013
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Just another Search and Replace discussion

  • June 1, 2013
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This topic gets beaten to death here, but it's such an annoying CF Builder function.

Here's my rant.  Maybe someone can give some insight.

If focused on a page Ctrl-F brings up a search within the page.  I have gotten used to the quirks doing this, so I won't discuss that here.

If focused in the Navigator pane Ctrl-F brings up a multi-file dialog.  Here is what I typically do:

Scope: Projects

Projects: Select the project I want to update

File extensions: I select "CFM and CFC only" which shows as *.cfm, *.cfml, *.cfc

Search: Text

Find: something

Replace: with something else

I click the Replace All button.  When it works, it works well.  However it often will start scanning ALL files.  I see it hitting jpg, cvs, js, and every other type of file.  This could take a good ten minutes or more on some of my bigger sites.  I click the "Cancel" button, but it just keeps going.  So I give it the three finger salute and end the program.  Typically, after starting up fresh, it will work properly, scanning only the CF files.

If there is a work-around, please let me know.  I think it might be something like close all open files and press F5 in the Navigator pane.  Or close and reopen CF Builder (not a good option).

Or better yet, in the words of Philip J. Fry:  Fix it. Fix it. Fix it. Fix it. Fix it. Fix it. (pause)  Fix it. Fix it. Fix it.

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