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if (UltraEdit.document.length > 1) // At least 2 files must be open.
{
   // Define the environment for the script.
   UltraEdit.insertMode();
   UltraEdit.columnModeOff();

   // The active file is the file to modify with the strings stored
   // line by line in the other opened file which must be the list file.
   var nListFile = (UltraEdit.activeDocument.path == UltraEdit.document[0].path) ? 1 : 0;
   // Select everything in list file with DOS terminated lines.
   UltraEdit.document[nListFile].selectAll();
   if (UltraEdit.document[nListFile].isSel())
   {
      // Get all lines in the file into an array of strings with the line termination.
      var asStrings = UltraEdit.document[nListFile].selection.split("\r\n");
      // Remove last string if it is an empty string because list file ended with a line termination.
      if (asStrings[asStrings.length-1] == "") asStrings.pop();
      // Discard the selection in the list file by moving caret to top of file.
      UltraEdit.document[nListFile].top();

      // Now the placeholder strings in active file can be replaced by strings from list file.
      UltraEdit.ueReOn();
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.mode=0;
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.matchCase=false;
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.matchWord=false;
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.regExp=false;
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.searchDown=true;
      if (typeof(UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.searchInColumn) == "boolean")
      {
         UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.searchInColumn=false;
      }
      // Move caret in active file to top of the file.
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.top();

      // The following loop is run for every string in the array
      // or up to last found occurrence of the placeholder string.
      for (var nStringIndex = 0; nStringIndex < asStrings.length; nStringIndex++ )
      {
         // Ignore empty strings caused by empty lines in the list file.
         if (asStrings[nStringIndex].length == 0) continue;
         if (!UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.find("friends")) break;
         UltraEdit.activeDocument.write(asStrings[nStringIndex]);
      }
   }
}