Does H&M has advanced searching?

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Anna Ryut
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Does H&M has advanced searching?

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Hi,

I have two or more projects with different languages. The projects are big enough and it is hard to check them for mistakes conncted with languages (f.e. when charachers from one language appear in another language etc.).
I did not find any information about advanced search in H&M. So i was wondering if there is a such function as a search by [A-Za-zА] register?
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Re: Does H&M has advanced searching?

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Hi Anna,

You can't do regular expression searching (which is what your question amounts to) directly in Help+Manual. However, if you save your project in the uncompressed HMXP format, all the topic files are available directly as plain-text XML files, and you can use any multi-file regular expression tool to perform operations like this. The Premium Pack skin pack also includes a utility called Premium Pack Toolbox that allows you to do regular expression searches on your topic source code in both HMXP and HMXZ projects, with five different search modes.

If you don't have a suitable editor for this here's a list of ones you could use:

Notepad++ (free):
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Notepad++ also supports multi-file regular expression searching, if you feel comfortable with that, but it is more limited than PowerGREP but its search and replace is fine for this kind of task. It is also one of the best code editors available, at any price. I use it for all my web programming.

FAR HTML (inexpensive, generous free trial period):
http://www.helpwaregroup.com/products/far

FAR HTML is actually a Swiss Army knife for help authors, with a wealth of useful tools, not just the find and replace. It includes a special interface for complex searches, making them easier for users not familiar with the rather arcane syntax of regular expressions.

PowerGREP:
http://www.powergrep.com/

If you feel comfortable with regular expressions PowerGREP is the best tool available, on any platform and at any price. It is a little pricey, but if you do a lot complex searching in multiple files (also for programming work) it will pay for itself subjectively in a single afternoon. The RegexBuddy tool from the same company (http://www.regexbuddy.com/) is also the best interactive tool available for defining and testing regular expressions, and its documentation is quite literally the best tutorial and introduction to regular expressions available anywhere.

Windows Grep (less expensive and also less powerful than PowerGREP):
http://www.wingrep.com/index.htm

IMPORTANT: Always make a backup before doing this! Automated global changes are always a little bit risky. ;-)
Regards,
Tim (EC Software Documentation & User Support)

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Anna Ryut
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Re: Does H&M has advanced searching?

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Oh thanks, it's very useful
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