Replies to post #669 on Programing (PRGM)

[sarals]

although programs like Word add formating codes, you can still use a simple text search for actual text within the documents because it's still there in tact, just surrounded by a bunch of other stuff that might look weird in raw form.

As for the programming that Bob and Dave write, it depends on their tools. But most programming tools have build in search features. Dreamweaver, which is my main tool for websites, has a pretty good find and/or find and replace feature.

And you can always use the windows explorer search on any file.

Is there something more specific you are trying to do that I might be able to help with?

[Dimension]

i think their source is saved in a regular ascii file (with an .asp extenstion). From my experience, you can open and edit most asp files in notepad.

as for search files for text...i have linux emulator installed and use grep for searching text. that's overkill for just that one function.

You can use windows search to search the content file.
As far as DOS, i've tested both FIND and FINDSTR. FINDSTR is better as it just lists the files that have matches by default. it also has a lot more command line options you can use when searching.