Search for a Value

[Amerifax-Bob]

I need help doing the following. I know it will need an if statement, I'm just not sure how to do it exactly.

 

When searching for a value, using the find command, 1 of 2 things can happen:

 

1. If value is not found program will open a window with the name UltraEdit.

2. If the value is found, I want to highlight the word(s) by doing a Shift End and copying it to a variable.

 

When running the macro without stopping, how do we know which value has been found?

 

Thanks for any help.

 

Bob

[acantor]

// Method 1 - Use a variable to capture the window title
Variable Set String %WindowTitle% to topmost window title
// Test if the focused window title contains the words "UltraEdit"
If Variable %WindowTitle% Contains "UltraEdit"
// Value not found. Do something.
Else
// Value is found. Select to end of line.
 Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <SHIFT><END>
End If

// Method 2 - Use the "If Window" command
If Window "UltraEdit" is focused
// Value not found. Do something.
Else
// Value is found. Select to end of line.
 Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <SHIFT><END>
End If

[Amerifax-Bob]

Thanks so much for the quick response. I will give that a try.

 

Bob

[Cory]

I’m not sure but it sounds like you're opening a text file in anapplication and using the find command to see if something exists. A betterapproach would be to load the file contents into a text variable and using theMEP command “If” with the option “Contains”.