Russ and the list, Just a couple of weeks ago, I used d_edit on Solaris (/usr/fox/wp/bin/tools/d_edit) to accomplish wholesale change of historian names with the -h option for DM displays: d_edit -h/oldhist/newhist/ displayname but in looking at the DEdit command on Windows (d:/usr/fox/wp/bin/tools/DEdit.exe), the -h option is now used to invoke help. So, am I not looking at the options for DEdit correctly? Or is this another case where the Windows tool is endowed with fewer options than its Solaris counterpart? Duc -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Russ Kaiser Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 12:25 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] What is tool for converting entire directories of FoxView displays to .G format? List, The display task I was tackling was changing legacy historian name references within existing Foxview displays to their corresponding AIM historian names. I converted entire directories to .G format and then used a windows based search and replace that I downloaded yesterday to replace the historian names. Next week we are taking out two Sun boxes that are still running historians. We have had duplicate AIM historians for a couple of years now, but many of the displays still referenced the old legacy historians. Rather than edit a couple hundred displays and probably 1000 trend objects, I chose to do it this way. For those that are wondering, the text replace tool I finally ended up using was called "Actual Search & Replace (ActualSR.exe)" and it worked well. I am sure the few hours I spent yesterday would have taken a few days had I edited the displays individually via FoxDraw or live via FoxView. Thanks all for the help, Russ >Russ, >The one within Foxdraw will do it, or you can use the command >line tool fdf_g. On unix boxes I usually use ed for doing >scripted search and replace within existing files. > >Cheers, > >Kevin > >On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Russ Kaiser <russ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >wrote: > >> Never mind, >> >> I figured it out, I had no idea the tool within foxdraw would do more than 1 >> file at a time. Now does anyone know of a text editor that will do >> search and replace on an entire directory of files? >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Russ _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave