Wildcards in obj.ActiveDocument.Content.Find.Execute

[Georgios Liakopoulos]

Hi,
I find and replace text in a .doc file using MS Access visual basic.
Here is my Sub:

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Public Sub ReplaceText(obj As Word.Application, vSource As String, vDest
As String)
'Replace all occurences of vSource with vDest in Word doc
obj.ActiveDocument.Content.Find.Execute FindText:=vSource, _
ReplaceWith:=vDest, Format:=True, _
Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub
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I pass through the vSource string using another sub like:
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.. . .
Dim objWord As Word.Application
.. . .
Set objWord = New Word.Application 'create instance of Word
objWord.Documents.Add "C:\Documents and
Settings\Labuser\Desktop\AddRefs.doc" 'open document (vFilename)
objWord.ScreenUpdating = False 'turn off screen updates
.. . .

If ActiveDocument.Content.Find.Execute(FindText:="FIXED
STRING") = True Then
.. . .
ReplaceText objWord, "FOUND FIXED STRING"
.. . .
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My Question:
Can I search text using wildcards?, like:

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If ActiveDocument.Content.Find.Execute(FindText:="(PRODUCT CODE: "*")")
= True Then
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Thank you for reading
Georgios

 

[David Horowitz]

Georgios,
Yes, there are many wildcard options for Find/Replace in Word.
I would suggest that you open up Word, hit Ctrl-H (or Edit > Replace (or
Home > Editing > Replace in 2007) and play around with the dialog box.
If you hit the More button in the Replace dialog, you'll see a checkbox for
"Use wildcards". Then if you hit the Special button, you'll see all kinds of
wildcards you can use.
This means, in your code, you must use MatchWildcards:=True in your Execute
call
Also, it seems to me that there is no benefit to first searching, then
replacing, when you can do it all in one action. I would just remove the
first call to FInd, and just always call ReplaceText.
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David Horowitz
Lead Technologist
Soundside Inc.
www.soundside.biz

Hi,
I find and replace text in a .doc file using MS Access visual basic. Here
is my Sub:

***************************************************************
Public Sub ReplaceText(obj As Word.Application, vSource As String, vDest
As String)
'Replace all occurences of vSource with vDest in Word doc

obj.ActiveDocument.Content.Find.Execute FindText:=vSource, _

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com]

See the article "Finding and replacing characters using wildcards" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm


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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

 

[Graham Mayor]

Or look at the updated version of that page at
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

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My web site www.gmayor.com

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