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Hello, after the update to 2024.1.0.32 several lines are now highlighted as the current line for longer lines with line breaks. Since it is at least for me more confusing (orientation in the text) now the question: Can this be changed again? Greetings Frank

Hello Friends, I request your help in identifying possible coding errors in our HTML table In particular, I'm concerned about rows that may have an incorrect number of cells, leading to inconsistencies in the table layout. To provide more context, I've attached a sample HTML file that demonstrates t...

Hello together! Is it possible to ignore some characters in lines, for example like with regular expression N[0-9]* ? Example: in first file: ... N0010 X10 Y87 Z100 N0020 G1 X50 F150 N0030 Y50 ... The coordinates are the same in second file , but the line numbers are different. But the line numbers ...

The version 2024.1.0.32 (31.1.0.32) requires api-ms-win-shcore-scaling-l1-1-1.dll, which does not come with Windows 7. I will email support and ask if 2024.1 (31.1) is no longer supported on Win7, or if the file was simply missing, and if missing, where would that file go once I fetch it.

What is the correct way to end a script? Many times I am in the middle of an infinite While loop or something and when some condition occurs, I just want to have the script stop. I have tried "quit()" and that stops the script but returns an error on that line. What is the 'officially suggested' way...

Hello, I have two questions: - is there a favorite or bookmark option to save a directory path for later access? - how can I edit a file on the server, respectively download it temporary and upload it after I click save? Thanks for any hint. Cheers

I'm looking for ideas for regexs that will do the replacements in a specified open file but not all open files.  I have a file of changes (e.g. file R) that I need to do on text file but I don't want those changes made on file R while I have both files open.

With text such as: "    ! Determine which case" I'm wondering if it possible to use UltraEdit's Regular Expression style (as opposed to Perl) to lower the case of the first letter after "!"?  I was thinking something along these lines to catch the input: "    ! ^([A-Z]^)^([a-z]^)" But I'm not seeing...

I have used UltraEdit since 2009. I purchased a lifetime license when it first became available in 2014. I am very familiar with the program. After 15 years of being a moderately happy and satisfied customer, the 2024 upgrade now takes 3 seconds to close the active window. I imagine this is because ...

When I right click in the file explorer I can no longer create a directory or file (remotely or local) if the directory I'm currently in is empty.  The first image below shows if I right click I get nothing. The second image below is what I see when right clicking in a directory that contains files ...

When I text compare 2 files and use F3 or F4 to go to the next or previous diff the content of the left pane doesn't scroll to the difference section, while the right pane is correctly updated (i.e. scrolling to the next/previous diff) Also when I want to (partially) merge a difference between the l...

I use the SSH/Telnet client extensively and have noticed some usability issues and significant differences from v2023 with the new v2024 release: Password displayed in SSH window in plain text. It used to be sent without echoing to the screen. Not significant but possibly an unintended change. UNABL...

Hello everyone. I'm getting desperate here. I have installed UltraEdit on a new computer/notebook. So far so good, but: I have added a lot of words in the spell checker on the old computer stored in a custom dictionary (German: Wörterbuch). Where are they saved? I think I've already searched everyth...

Hi all, I am trying to expand xref rid value based on specific reference type. I am trying to create a script which is attached. Sample input: <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2_33">33</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2_39">39</xref> <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2_33">Refs. 33</xref>–...

I'm using the Mac version, and couldn't find a native UE command to remove all empty lines in a file. Does this exists or do I have to use a regular expression? 

In Visual Studio Code, if you hover over a function, a pop-up window will display information about the function. Is this possible in UEstudio?

This is probably a real dumb question but I can't find an answer searching on my own probably because I don't know the correct search term. I have a touch screen enabled laptop and I did something today (i. e. fat fingered) so that now the screen scrolls full pages. It does it in no other applicatio...

I'm undoubtedly missing something obvious, but how does one change the highlighting color of selected text in a basic .txt file? I like to use dark mode and the selected text highlight color is dark blue and nearly indistinguishable from the background color of black. It be nice if I could alter it ...

Version 2024.0.0.35 I relied on UE to visually validate files as being in good order and visually they looked good, however, when processed in Python I discovered every other line was empty. I opened one of the files in Notepad++ and it properly displays the empty lines.  UltraEdit ue.png Notepad++ ...

UltraCompare is crashing when I am trying to compare 2 files of size 8GB each. Did anyone face this issue? Any solution? 

Hi All, Need to create an UltraEdit script to convert characters within an open file. 1 Option is Unicode to Hexa like: Unicode "α" to "α" Hexa Unicode "β" to "β" Hexa Unicode "γ" to "γ" Hexa Unicode "δ" to "δ" Hexa Unicode "ε" to "ε" Hexa Unicode "ζ" to "ζ"...

Hi all! I try to select text for proper title casing by a script. The script is attached. I tried this example for testing the casing of page title. <title>FROM SAMPLE <italic>PLOTS</italic> IN A WOOD TO WOODS IN A LANDSCAPE U.S.A.: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH (<xref ref-type="bib" rid="Ref4">REF....

What is the best way to achieve this? Javascript? Too complicated for a Macro? Another method? I want to  (00) Go HOME/Take cursor home/Macro = Key HOME (01) Find a string (this is a variable which would be an input to the script/process) (02) Note the column where that first iteration of string sta...

NOTE: I'm on the latest version 2024.0.0.35 of UEStudio and not UltraEdit but I want the wider audience to see this because it is so bizarre. I have an ANSI file with a bunch of SQL code. If I select a line in it that has multiple words and I click on the To lowercase item or use the key combo, all ...

What folder should I have my backup program back up in order to be able to restore UltraEdit settings if needed? Or is there an automated way to have UltraEdit back up settings to a specified place when I close it?

My mouse pointer sometimes becomes invisible when I move it over the UltraEdit window. It's visible everywhere else on the screen. The flashing UE typing cursor is visible but the mouse pointer disappears. Shutting down UltraEdit and restarting it fixes the problem, but it happens again, at least on...

All of a sudden, when I try to compare two files, nothing shows up in either pane.  It renders it useless.  Thanks for any help you can give.

Hello,   After having used UltraCompare to see the changes between two big multi-sheets Excel files, I couldn't find a way to wrap the text to fit the window (some cells have veeeery long lines, it’s really difficult to check something), it seems that there is no “hidden” option, so I did a backup/r...

The current files have as an example: drop materialized view a.e_r / I want the file to have: drop materialized view a.e_r / drop table a.e_r /

I know cloud sync ended, but is it coming back?  There have been at least a couple of updates since the EOL date, but I can still toggle it on and off.  It doesn't work, but if it's not available, why can I open the tab?  Makes me think it's going to be replaced with something new?  I also Cloud Syn...

It looks like that JavaScript in UltraEdit Portable 2024 do not run. I only get the message "Script succeeded." in the output window. But the script has definitely not run. When I go back to Version 2023 the script works fine. Anyone else has this effect? Or have something changed?

When checking for updates, my UE and UltraCompare installations state that "No update available at this time" even though newer versions are available for download on the UE website. Why is that?

I'm trying to write some UltraEdit macros and debug some mistakes I make. I'm not finding a way to decrease the processing speed to see step-by-step of each line. It should have some kind of delay or wait command to put between lines to watch what is going on, during the macro playing. Or some brute...