I wonder if there is a program that I can use with a list of terms I want to replace instead of take one by one.
Example
À=À
â=â
Â=Â
å=å
Å=Å
ã=ã
Ã=Ã
Thank you in advance
I use UltraEdit and powergrep atm.
UltraEdit has 2 features for automating reformatting tasks: macros and scripts.
See UltraEdit forum topic When to use Scripts over Macros for a brief overview of the differences.
UltraEdit macro
An UltraEdit macro can be created by simply recording the replaces you manually do once on a file or you code them directly in Edit/Create Macro dialog.
A manual creation is done as follows:
Click in UltraEdit in menu Macro on menu item Edit Macro.
Click on button New macro.
Enter as macro name for example ReplaceEntities.
Uncheck macro property Show cancel dialog for this macro.
Let macro property Continue if search string not found checked.
Assign a hotkey or chord for quick execution by key if this is wanted for quick macro execution by key in future.
Click on button OK.
Back in Edit/Create Macro, there is now the new macro selected with 3 lines already present in edit field with the macro commands:
InsertMode
ColumnModeOff
HexOff
Below those 3 macro commands must be added for this reformatting task the macro code lines posted below.
Click on button Close and confirm the question to update the macro with button Yes.
The macro is then ready for usage
by assigned hotkey/chord,
by double clicking on it in Macro List opened via View - Views/Lists - Macro List in case of not being already visible (docked or floating), or
by using Macro - Play Any/Multiple Times.
Also Macro - Play Again can be very often used depending on which macro was last time executed.
The macro code required additionally to 3 standard commands already present in the dialog to replace in entire active file HTML entities is for example:
Top
UltraEditReOn
Find MatchCase "À"
Replace All "À"
Find MatchCase "â"
Replace All "â"
Find MatchCase "Â"
Replace All "Â"
Find MatchCase "å"
Replace All "å"
Find MatchCase "Å"
Replace All "Å"
Find MatchCase "ã"
Replace All "ã"
Find MatchCase "Ã"
Replace All "Ã"
It is necessary to save this UE macro (without or with other UE macros) into a macro file by using Macro - Save All.
For using this macro (and other macros store in same macro file) later again, it is necessary to load the macro file using Macro - Load.
With Macro - Set Auto Load it is possible to select a macro file for being automatically loaded on startup of UltraEdit so that the macros in this macro file are available from beginning without an explicit loading of the macro file.
The macro properties can be also changed later by using Macro - Delete Macro/Modify Properties. Don't forget to use Macro - Save All after making a change to a macro code or its properties to save this change in macro file, too.
UltraEdit script
UltraEdit scripts make use of the JavaScript core engine. An UltraEdit script is an ASCII/ANSI text file containing JavaScript core code with additional UltraEdit related scripting commands. This means an UltraEdit script can be written directly like any other text file and must not be edited in a dialog.
An UltraEdit script which makes exactly the same as the macro above would be:
if (UltraEdit.document.length > 0) // Is any file opened?
{
// Define environment for this script.
UltraEdit.insertMode();
UltraEdit.columnModeOff();
UltraEdit.activeDocument.hexOff();
// Move caret to top of the active file.
UltraEdit.activeDocument.top();
// Define all parameters for several Replace All in entire active file.
UltraEdit.ueReOn();
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.mode=0;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.matchCase=true;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.matchWord=false;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.regExp=false;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.searchDown=true;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.preserveCase=false;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replaceAll=true;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replaceInAllOpen=false;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.selectText=false;
// This property is only available since UE v14.10.
if (typeof(UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.searchInColumn) == "boolean")
{
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.searchInColumn=false;
}
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("À","À");
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("â","â");
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("Â","Â");
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("å","å");
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("Å","Å");
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("ã","ã");
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("Ã","Ã");
}
Such an UltraEdit script should be saved with file extension .js, for example ReplaceEntities.js.
Once an UE script is saved, it can added via Scripting - Scripts to the Script List with adding a short description for the script and assigning a hotkey/chord to the script for quick execution by key.
The script is then ready for usage
by assigned hotkey/chord,
by double clicking on it in Script List opened via View - Views/Lists - Script List or Scripting - Script List in case of not being already visible (docked or floating), or
by clicking on script file name in menu Scripting.
If an UE script is the active file AND it is written to run NOT on active document, the script can be also executed with Scripting - Run Active Script. But most scripts like the one above are written to run on active file and therefore requires adding the script file to the script list for execution.
The core objects and functions of JavaScript are not documented anywhere within UltraEdit although they can be also used in UltraEdit scripts. The documentation for the core features can be found on Mozilla Developer site.
The additional scripting commands of UltraEdit are documented in help of UE on page with title Scripting commands. There is additionally View - Views/Lists - Tag List containing the tag groups UE/UES Script Commands and also UE/UES Macro Commands for quick adding a scripting or macro command of UE in active file at current position of the caret.
Here is my umlaut2html-Makro which does a few automated text-replacements. I guess it can serve as inspiration ;-)
// Lessons learned from Mofi ;-)
UltraEdit.ueReOn();
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.mode=0;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.matchCase=true;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.matchWord=false;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.regExp=false;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.searchDown=true;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.preserveCase=false;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replaceAll=true;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replaceInAllOpen=false;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.selectText=false;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.regExp=false;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("ä","ä");
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("ö","ö");
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("ü","ü");
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("Ä","Ä");
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("Ö","Ö");
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("Ü","Ü");
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("ß","ß");
Save this into a .js-file anywhere you like (MyDocuments\UE-Scripts might be a good choice), then call Script > "Scripts..." and "Add", navigate to select that .js-file.
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I'm sure that there are different ways to phrase this question, but that is the end result that I want to achieve.
So, I have a setup where code is written in C# and added as functions to Excel. It relies on having a specific .tlb file in the Tools->References that can be found in the VBA window.
While I was testing this, the .tlb file (and the rest of them) was on my local drive, but now that the project is working, I need to transfer it to a network drive. The problem is that I can't find any way to change the actual file (or filepath) that is being referenced - it's always looking at my local path.
I've tried a few things:
Followed the steps listed here https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/308340/how-to-check-and-remove-incorrect-project-references-in-the-visual-bas
Tried several VBA codes using the .References.Remove expression. This does not actually remove the reference from the list, it only unticks it.
I've tried to remove the file from my local drive (causing an Excel error that a reference has been moved, deleted or renamed - good) and then add a reference from the new location that I want. This resulted in one of two things:
1) If I try to add it manually - nothing happens, the existing reference remains unticked and nothing new is added (that I know of).
2) If I try to do it via .References.AddFromFile "filepath" expression it ticks the reference, if it was unticked (this does not make the external formulas work), or an error that a reference with such a name already exists, if it was ticked.
Recompile on the network drive with the following silly way.
Open the VBA editor
Go into each module
Insert a line (doesn't matter what you write)
Press ENTER
Remove the line that you've inserted
When finished, in the menu click Debug \ Compile
Source: by Andreas Killer
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/ms-excel-error-cannot-run-the-macro-the-macros-may/3f3106b2-ae60-4d21-ac94-67e54e605922
Instead of having the VBA code saved in a module inside the Excel file, I would like to have the code saved in a text file, for example module1.vba. In Excel, module1.vba would be loaded or imported and run as it was a normal module.
Is that possible? How to do that?
In Excel, in the VBA editor, there is the option Insert > File... in the menu that does sort of what I want, but I don't know how to automate that with a minimal VBA code to load the real code saved as text.
Reason for this is to allow code revision control using text based applications like git.
--- edit ---
This answer shows a good alternative work around. However I'm still not too happy in duplicating things.
You can easily import a VBA file using a simple one-liner:
Application.VBE.ActiveVBProject.VBComponents.Import "C:\Path\To\File.bas"
This works with files exported from the VBA IDE, which include information like module name and other properties that can be configured on a per-module basis.
You need to enable Trust access to the VBA project object model for this to work. You can find that in the trust center settings, under Macro Settings.
addressing Sublime Text 3 users here.
I wrote a couple of macros to enable spell-check and load a specific dictionary, as I constantly swap between French and English and I wanted a simple shortcut for this (instead of browsing the menu or two successive commands in the command pallet).
My macros work as expected (french-spellcheck.sublime-macro, english-spellcheck.sublime-macro).
But I would like to display a message in the Status Bar, for instance "Switched to French" or "Switched to English" (for some time, let say 5 sec).
I looked everywhere I know and I tried for some time, but apparently there is no way to do this in a command (that could be added at the end of the macro), as the set_status internal ST3's Python API command (from Window package) is only available for plugins...
Does any one has an idea of how to display a message to the SublimeText3 StatusBar in a command/macro and not with a plugin? Thanks!
There is no built in command that invokes the API methods for doing this (at least not a documented one), so there's no way to go about this without a plugin of some sort.
That said, in order to do what you want, the following is all you would need to save into a file named e.g. set_status.py in your Packages/User folder (alongside your macros). This provides a set_status command that takes a value named value for the text to display, as mentioned in the commented out portion of your macro file.
import sublime, sublime_plugin
class SetStatusCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
def run(self, edit, value="set_status: use arg 'value' to set text"):
self.view.window ().status_message (value)
This uses a different API than the one you mention in your macro file comments; status_message does the work of displaying a message in the status bar, waiting a few seconds, and then removing it, which makes the command simple to implement.
If you wanted more control (i.e. to change the duration) you would need to modify this to invoke the API commands your macro files already mention: view.set_status() and sublime.set_timeout().
OK so im quite sure i cant do this with excel vb or for free even.
Im writing these macros for work, and one of them needs to be able to chose a pdf based on keywords.
Then go into the pdf, search either the titles of the pages or the text on the pages themselves using a different set of keywords.
When it finds the page that matches one of the keywords in the second set, it will extract the whole page, as is, to a single page pdf.
This can then be attached to email.
This will be only a small part of the purpose of the macro.
From what i understand, im probably going to have to find an SDK, pay for it, and write a separate program in C# or VisualBasic which is run when the macro needs.
I dont even need the code, maybe just a point in the right direction :D
In the end i got a program called pdftk.exe, free, and runs in command line.
With this i can export the Bookmarks listing to txtfile.
Search text file for string/keywords.
Jump down a line or two and grab associated page number.
Then use the same exe to extract that page and save as specific name, then my vba macro can grab that newly created 1 page pdf.
Ive seen code on this site for creating delays while another process is doing its thing, so i will try to implement that also.
I'm looking for a way to have Excel files in my Matlab folder open 'outside Matlab' (i.e., by MS Excel in most cases) directly by double-clicking the file, rather than right-clicking and selecting 'Open Outside Matlab'.
The .xls files reader built in Matlab can be terribly slow for large files, and an unwanted double-click on a file can cost quite some time in which Matlab is unresponsive.
Thanks.
When you click something in the Current Folder tab, it's actually running the open command, which itself calls finfo to determine what it means by "open" for a given extension. You can see this by creating a breakpoint in open.m directly after the line [~, openAction] = finfo(fullpath); and double clicking - when it hits the breakpoint you'll see it returns openAction as uiimport.
In theory, you can create custom methods for extensions by creating on the path a function openabc where abc is the extension, which should be returned as the openAction.
However, if I look at my finfo.m it first searches for said functions and then regardless of whether or not it finds them if there is an inbuilt method it overwrites them with the standard behaviour. There's even a comment:
% this setup will not allow users to override the default EXTread behavior
If you are willing to muck about in the inbuilts, you may be able to do it like this (backup first! - this could affect other things). I did it temporarily by shadowing the existing finfo like this:
edit finfo.m (Now save a copy to the current folder)
Add these lines after the loop that defines the openAction (in my version, around line 85):
if any(strcmp(['.' ext], matlab.io.internal.xlsreadSupportedExtensions))
openAction = 'winopen';
end
From the folder containing your edited finfo.m, type which finfo -all. You should see two copies, the MATLAB one labelled as shadowed. Opening something from the current folder window should now open Excel externally.
I don't believe there's any straightforward way to do that. It's built in to MATLAB that Excel files will open in the import tool when you double click on them, and there's no way to change that.
You might be able to get around it by changing the file extension on your Excel files to something other than .xls or .xlsx. That would stop MATLAB from opening it in the import tool. Then in Windows, you could associate the new file extension with Excel.