RH2020 Update 5 - Problem with Search with Regular Expression in Source Code

[Karin Albrecht]

Hi all,

I am using RH2020 Update 5 and trying to fix some of my code in the source code. For this, I wanted to use a regular expression. The expression itself seems to be correct (at least, I get the desired results when using it in Notepad++), but the search in RH only keeps on running without returning any results. I tried it with the complete project and also only with one topic open. 

Do I have to create the RegEx somehow different? Is anyone else having issues here?

This is my RegEx:

(?!.*vertical-align).*span style*

What I am trying to achieve with this is to find all <span style tags except those containing vertical-align (because these are my variables).

I have the following settings in the search:

Thanks and best regards

Karin

[Karin Albrecht]

Okay, I have an update on this: if I search only the current file, the search does come to an end after about 8 minutes. So there seems to be a performance issue here. Anyone else having issues?

[Sudhanshu Monga]

Hi, 

is it possible for you to share the topic with us? Would be even better if you could share the project itself.

[Karin Albrecht]

Hi,

the problem does not occur if I create a new topic with just one of the affected files. However, you can also see this effect using the sample project "About RoboHelp". In this, open e.g. the file "authoring - Importing_Linking", go to Search and Replace, enter the RegEx

(?!.*vertical-align).*span style*

and use the following settings:

 

In my case, the search in this single file did not come to an end in over 11 minutes. In Notepad++, the search within this file returned the result immediately.

I guess you already have the sample projects, so I did not send you anything. Kindly let me know if you need anything else.

Kind regards

Karin

[Peter Grainge]

@Sudhanshu Monga I tried that expression in About RoboHelp and whilst it works it does seem to take way more time than I would expect.

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