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- I have data which look something like this: 879899834569:940239023808243:Adelaide:Chloe::::::1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM:: 667755634560:635298544373715:Godsway:Amedome::::Lajang::1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM:: 787888664559:935534723298821:Nnan:Qwame Abrantepa:laki-laki:Kumasi:::Student:1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM:: 65776...Replies: 3 Views: 6.9K
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- Last post by Mofi
Nov 30, 2021
- This should be a simple task. Get the string, make changes to the string and write it to the document. I've tried to make my REGEX's as general as possible so it can capture all instances found in the document. function DeleteEmptyLines () { UltraEdit.perlReOn(); UltraEdit.activeDocument.findRep...Replies: 13 Views: 14.5K
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- Last post by mightymax
Nov 15, 2021
- I need a Perl regular expression to select content only if the content is missing either the beginning quote or ending quote. The beginning quote will always be preceded by an equal symbol = . The ending quote can be followed by a space, more text or carriage return. In one given line there can be m...Replies: 7 Views: 24.1K
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Nov 08, 2021
- UE v 26. How to select all the text in the search box when I double click it? Previously I was able to select all the text, but now it just seems to select part of the text. For example: search_box_toolbar.png If I double click any of the words (tab or icon or image) here it just selects that word. ...Replies: 4 Views: 4.9K
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- Last post by some_user777
Nov 07, 2021
- When using the Windows Explorer right click context menu on a file name to start UE and load that file for editing, UE does start and the edit window appears in its 'restored' state. But only for a split second. The edit window immediately minimizes. (Which then shows a short bar with only just the ...Replies: 6 Views: 17.3K
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- Last post by Mofi
Oct 30, 2021
- Hi, I don't know if this is an UltraEdit problem or problem with Apple's Messages utility on my iMac. But if I type the following into UltraEdit: what the heck? Then select that text copy and paste it into an apple Messages chat window, it comes out like this: 眀栀愀琀 琀栀攀 栀攀挀欀㼀 If I paste it into an em...Replies: 2 Views: 19.3K
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- Last post by Mofi
Oct 19, 2021
- (I am using UE 26) I use UE for writing and text and I know we can check the spelling of text by using shortcut Ctrl+K. I was wondering if there is a button than I can add to the toolbar to check the spelling also? Thanks.Replies: 2 Views: 15.2K
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Oct 18, 2021
- Hi! It would really be helpful if I could save some session properties which I always need to configure manually because they cannot be saved in the general comparison options.Replies: 4 Views: 21.7K
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Oct 08, 2021
- Hi! Is it possible to save a session with the folder comparison between two folders. It would be sufficient to save the two selected folder names with a session name. That way I could select some frequently used comparisons between folders.Replies: 1 Views: 5.5K
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Oct 07, 2021
- The column mode does not work properly when I try to enter parentheses or quotes. Example: I have a html snippet and I want to add print(" to start of each line. I mark all the lines using "Column mode" and start typing. As long as I type "print", it works as expected - the characters appear in al...Replies: 2 Views: 6.5K
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Sep 27, 2021
- I read the post about Python that was recently bumped and that helped quite a bit getting me to where I am now. But I'm just not quite there yet, I think. It might be a lack of understanding on my part about how UE works with external compilers and such. I'm running Windows 10 64-bit, latest version...Replies: 4 Views: 27.2K
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- Last post by mattgreer
Sep 10, 2021
- I'm new to this latest version of UltraEdit, so please forgive the newbie questions. I have a couple questions about the search function in UE v28.10. When I want to find something I very rarely don't utilize some options of some kind. Currently I have to hit Ctrl+F twice to get the Find and Replace...Replies: 4 Views: 11.6K
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Sep 10, 2021
- Does anyone know of a way to debug and run Python programs from UltraEdit?Replies: 7 Views: 193.2K
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Sep 10, 2021
- Immediately after updating UltraEdit to version 28.10.0.154 on Windows 10, it lost the ability to show any fonts other than the monospace fonts. It is behaving as though I am always restricted to the column mode fonts, even when not in column mode. Please advise, thank you.Replies: 6 Views: 14.1K
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Sep 09, 2021
- Hi everyone! I'm looking for a way to keep indentation with comments. I mean that when I comment a line with add / remove command shortcut, then comment start at the right indentation instead of the beginning of the line for better readability. I experimented a bit with wordfile but I had no luck. I...Replies: 2 Views: 22.2K
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Sep 04, 2021
- A folder is created for the purpose of individual files, all files exist in text format. Find in Files works great and shows easily which file has the "word" or "exact sentence". How would one use a regular expression for a list of words (or just find without regex) for something like this? Searchin...Replies: 3 Views: 8.2K
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- Last post by Mofi
Sep 01, 2021
- Hi. I have always had the FTP server configured with UEStudio and no problem to save locally and on server with FTP (button save and load on FTP). But now in last version, the button is not working. I refreshed project and FTP configuration, but the problem persists. Thank you.Replies: 2 Views: 26.4K
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- Last post by Nelson
Aug 23, 2021
- I am having troubles setting this up. I thought this would work: .+ " .+ " .+ " which is basically any character(s) followed by a quote followed by any character(s), and so on, but it doesn't. I would appreciate your help. Thanks! I am using UltraEdit for Windows 14.00Replies: 7 Views: 18.7K
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- Last post by mattgreer
Aug 19, 2021
- I'm trying to make a user tool in UltraEdit to copy the the active file from its current path to another path. (No desire to operate like Save As, as I need to keep the active file open from its current path.) Here's an example: Active file path: "c:\parent_folder\super\code\file.txt" To be copied t...Replies: 9 Views: 20.8K
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Aug 19, 2021
- How can I configure UC to open JARs, EARs, WARs, etc. since it handles zips..?Replies: 7 Views: 25.1K
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- Last post by Mofi
Aug 17, 2021
- Most folder diff tools allow you to jump to the next difference in the next file with the same key as Next Difference. E.g. I have F3 mapped to Next Difference. I should be able to jump to all diffs across all files in the folder compare by just pressing F3. Instead when I reach the last diff in a f...Replies: 3 Views: 16.5K
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Aug 15, 2021
- I use UEStudio v21.00.0.66 which is the currently latest version of UEStudio. But this version has one fresh problem fresh which is the command " Close HTML tag ". It does not work correct anymore. Example: Suppose <ref> tag is open. Then I use command Close HTML tag . There is inserted now < % /re...Replies: 3 Views: 9.5K
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Aug 15, 2021
- Hi, I have found a bug of UltraEdit's Find in Files feature. When the search directory is long, then UltraEdit will not find some results. If the directory is too long, then UltraEdit will always return 0 results even if there are many matches.Replies: 1 Views: 20.3K
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Aug 13, 2021
- Hello! I'm hoping someone can help me out with something that has been driving me nuts for years with UltraEdit. It has finally bothered me enough that I've made a forum account to see if one of the great community members can help me find the setting that controls this. I can't be the only one. All...Replies: 2 Views: 12.1K
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Aug 10, 2021
- Greetings How does one do this? Many thanks.Replies: 2 Views: 15.8K
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Aug 09, 2021
- A year ago or so, UltraEdit changed their menu. When they did the hot keys functioned differently. Before if I wanted to do a File / Save , I would press Alt+F & Alt+S . But that doesn't work now. I finally figured out what it wants. It wants Alt+F & S now. Older Windows apps used Alt+F & Alt+S ...Replies: 2 Views: 12.7K
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Aug 04, 2021
- I try to understand the UltraCompare Synchronize Folders function. The help screen for it refers to STCD files although that pane on my version of UC for Windows (21.10.0.18, 64-bit) doesn't include a rule for them. What are they, and does it matter that they're absent from the Rule Customization box?Replies: 2 Views: 80.7K
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Aug 03, 2021
- I just migrated my scripts to a new path. Which file do I need to modify to change the directory paths of the script files for the Script list menu/window? Thanks, MaxReplies: 2 Views: 10.3K
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- Last post by mightymax
Aug 03, 2021
- I just updated UE to the newest version available 28.10.0.98 (64-bit) yesterday. I noticed to my surprise that UE can't sort correctly my file with the settings I use. What I need is to sort from column 33 to the end, which is a time format: YYMM tab HHMM I tried with column 33 - 36, based on tab st...Replies: 2 Views: 19.1K
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Aug 01, 2021
- I have a file with a continuous set of one-digit integers. I do a search for, let's say, eight 3's in a row. When I click on Count All in the Find and Replace box, it gives me a count, but if there are nine 3's in a row, I want it to count as two matches, rather than one. Is there a way to get Ultra...Replies: 3 Views: 13.3K
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Jul 21, 2021
- How can I set the UltraEdit window size using configuration setting? For example, I would like to start UltraEdit with a window size of 800 * 600 pixels. I came across this setting, but I am not sure what the values stand for or if I can use it for setting the window size: Open File Window Pos0 Can ...Replies: 4 Views: 13.5K
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Jul 16, 2021
- Hello everybody, I was used to Ctrl + mouse double click to select short phrases, such as abc.,def , but it doesn't work in UltraEdit for Windows v26.20.0.68. I tried to define the Delimiters , but that is not working. Anyone can help me? Thanks a lot!Replies: 2 Views: 13.3K
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Jul 13, 2021
- Hi, Is it possible to have UltraEdit use PAGEANT.exe agent (from putty team) to manage private keys for SFTP connections in UltraEdit / UltraCompare ? My private key has a passphrase and I have to type it once per session in UltraEdit / UltraCompare. When working on tens or hundreds of different ser...Replies: 14 Views: 127.4K
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Jul 12, 2021
- Why does the auto complete feature only work sometimes? Is it not supposed that a user can always auto complete any input text with all the functions available? It seems that only when the user is at the end of the file the user can access all the functions listed. I mean if the caret is at the begi...Replies: 7 Views: 21.3K
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- Last post by Mofi
Jul 03, 2021
- Hi, Long time UltraEdit user, great software. Recently I did a fresh Windows 10 install and subsequently UE. Everything is fine, and I don't think there is necessarily a problem, but UE seems to have been getting slower and slower to load over the years. I start/stop apps a lot - especially an edito...Replies: 4 Views: 21.7K
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Jun 27, 2021
- Hello, I'm using an older programming language called ATLAS and with this language you have to manually add line numbers which can be a daunting task when editing someone else's old code. I've read other posts on this forum about using the Insert Number function but none of them seem to address this...Replies: 7 Views: 27.2K
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Jun 21, 2021
- Hi all I would like to implement this UltraEdit power tip: Edit, Run, and Debug your SAS Programs in UltraEdit I have tried to set this up, but am getting stymied by spaces in file paths. I have got everything working up to this section in the .bat file: %EXESAS% ^ -CONFIG %CONFIGSAS% ^ -autoexec %A...Replies: 6 Views: 22.7K
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Jun 19, 2021
- Hello, Using UltraEdit v27.10.0.108. I have searched this forum, read release notes for 27.x on the UltraEdit website, and Googled for this command with no results. Don't know if it is a new command or not but I just noticed it today. What does the macro command XMLFormatDocument do? There are no pa...Replies: 9 Views: 42.1K
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Jun 16, 2021
- UEStudio doesn't sort correctly Turkish characters. What can I do to solve this problem? UEStudio is sorting like this order: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzçöüğış It must be like this: abcçdefgğhıijklmnoöpqrsştuüvwxyzReplies: 5 Views: 9.9K
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Jun 12, 2021
- I can't seem to find a solution in the forums. I have created a macro and would like to assign a key sequence to run it when I want. The macro puts CR in place of a specific character (á) in a log file. Is that possible?Replies: 2 Views: 14.8K
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Jun 12, 2021
- In the Readme for the Syntax Highlighting forum I see this: For example I have for myself years ago played with all the color settings to get a combination I like, copied that settings to all languages and adapted the language definitions in my wordfiles (standard and project wordfiles) to use alway...Replies: 7 Views: 45.6K
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- Last post by Mofi
Jun 10, 2021
- In previous versions I used to click Ctrl+Space to open the auto-completion window and smart templates were on the top of the list. So I could use them instantly. Now I get some weird suggestions. I don't know where they come from, they aren't related neither to the project nor to my wordfile. How d...Replies: 1 Views: 30.5K
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Jun 05, 2021
- Very long-time user with a question about recent versions. Maybe I'm just not searching for the right terms. If I have unsaved files open in UE, and the app is closed unexpectedly, when I restart and access the prompt to open previous files, I get unexpected results. The original unsaved files open,...Replies: 1 Views: 14.2K
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Jun 04, 2021
- Hello! 10767 00 00 10767 01 00 00 01 9186 00 00 9186 01 00 00 01 63990 00 978 63012 06 00 00 06 26145 00 00 26145 03 00 00 03 82973 11593 00 71380 07 01 00 06 228479 11593 87462 129424 20 01 08 11 33027 00 00 33027 03 00 00 03 232079 11593 83401 137085 20 01 07 12 Suppose this is the file in Excel. ...Replies: 17 Views: 50.1K
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- Last post by fleggy
Jun 04, 2021
- Please suggest how to generate total page range count with a script file? Sample file: <book-part id="B9789004493414_s007" book-part-type="chapter"> <book-part-meta> <book-part-id book-part-id-type="doi">10.1163/9789004493414_007</book-part-id> <title-group> <label>Chapter 5.</label> <title>The inte...Replies: 3 Views: 12.6K
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Jun 03, 2021
- I am trying to write a find/replace script with a number appended to each replacement. The number must increase but also be reset at the start of each line. For example, in the following paragraph I would like %@ to be replaced by {TOKENx} where x is an increasing number starting at 0. But x must ...Replies: 3 Views: 15.9K
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Jun 02, 2021
- Hi, I have a file with 1000s of IPs, is there a way I can strip out all the duplicate IPs to only 1 entry of it? Thanks DarceyReplies: 3 Views: 13.5K
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Jun 02, 2021
- Hi, Not sure how to do this with the find and replace regex and am wondering if anyone knows how to do this. Task 1 I have 100+ files with php tags and code inbetween all start with <? then lots of php code and ends with ?> I need to replace just the first occurrence of <?php*******?> and not the re...Replies: 5 Views: 13.4K
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- Last post by Darcey
May 28, 2021
- Hello! Well, after working on posting content to online CMS systems, from clients sending me a Microsoft Word file, I have come up with this: First, save the file out in Microsoft Word as a Filtered HTML for CMS systems. It generates a fair HTML output, but there is still a lot of in-line formatting...Replies: 1 Views: 12.6K
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- Last post by Mofi
May 24, 2021
- I'm configuring a new PC running Windows 10 and UE version 28.10.0.26. The former PC was running Windows 10 and UE version 23.00.0.42. I ran the backup process on the former PC. Then ran the restore process to import the settings (using the .uec file). When I restart UE, the settings remain at the d...Replies: 1 Views: 12.4K
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May 23, 2021