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var sTemplateFile = "C:\\Temp\\template.html";  // Template file name with full path.
var sBaseTargetPath = "C:\\Temp\\";             // Base path for the created files.
var sFileExtension = ".html";                   // File extension of each file to create.
var sBlockSeparator = "<!-- BLOCK -->\r\n"      // Separator string for the blocks.
var sDirectorySeparator = "\\";                 // Directory separator according to OS.
var rPlaceHolder = new RegExp("toto",'g');      // String to replace as RegExp object.

// Define environment for this script.
UltraEdit.insertMode();
if (typeof(UltraEdit.columnModeOff) == "function") UltraEdit.columnModeOff();
else if (typeof(UltraEdit.activeDocument.columnModeOff) == "function") UltraEdit.activeDocument.columnModeOff();

// Loop through all currently opened files and close the template file
// without saving if it is already opened according to a case-sensitive
// comparison of file name with full path.
for(var nDocIndex = 0; nDocIndex < UltraEdit.document.length; nDocIndex++)
{
   if(UltraEdit.document[nDocIndex].path == sTemplateFile)
   {
      UltraEdit.closeFile(UltraEdit.document[nDocIndex].path,2);
   }
}

// Open the template file and check if that was really successful.
// An error message is displayed automatically by UltraEdit if the file
// could not be opened because not existing as specified in this script.
UltraEdit.open(sTemplateFile);
if(UltraEdit.activeDocument.path == sTemplateFile)
{
   // Get everything in template file loaded into a string variable.
   UltraEdit.activeDocument.selectAll();
   if (UltraEdit.activeDocument.isSel())  // Is template file not empty?
   {
      var sTemplateContents = UltraEdit.activeDocument.selection;

      // Cancel the selection by moving caret to top of file.
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.top();

      // Prompt script user for the string until a
      // non empty string is entered by the user.
      var sUserText;
      do
      {
         sUserText = UltraEdit.getString("Please enter the string:",1);
      }
      while(!sUserText.length);

      // Replace the placeholder by user entered string and
      // split up the file contents into separate blocks.
      sTemplateContents = sTemplateContents.replace(rPlaceHolder,sUserText);
      var asBlocks = sTemplateContents.split(sBlockSeparator);

      // Replace in user string every character not possible
      // in a directory name or a file name by an underscore.
      var sFileName = sUserText.replace(/[:?=<>|+~\/\[\]\"\\]/g,"_");

      // Write the base target path with user text into template file.
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.write(sBaseTargetPath+sFileName);

      // Select the just written directory path and
      // run the user tool to create the directory.
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.selectToTop();
      UltraEdit.runTool("Create Directory");

      // Close the modified template file without saving.
      UltraEdit.closeFile(UltraEdit.activeDocument.path,2);

      // Create the file name with full directory path.
      var sFullFileName = sBaseTargetPath + sFileName + sDirectorySeparator + sFileName + '-';

      // Write each block into a new file and save it with appending
      // to full file name an incrementing number (decimal) and the
      // file extension as defined at top of the script.
      for(var nBlockIndex = 0; nBlockIndex < asBlocks.length; nBlockIndex++)
      {
         UltraEdit.newFile();
         UltraEdit.activeDocument.write(asBlocks[nBlockIndex]);
         var sFileNumber = (nBlockIndex+1).toString(10);
         UltraEdit.saveAs(sFullFileName + sFileNumber + sFileExtension);
         // UltraEdit.closeFile(UltraEdit.activeDocument.path,2);
      }
   }
}