Saving Results of Searches (Find and Replace Feature inDreamweaver MX)

[Schreiber]

Saving Results of Searches Could you please add a feature to save search
results in a text or html file format? The Dreamweaver search feature is
fantastic, and I use it many times daily. Often, I must keep lists of these
search results, but I do not know of any way to save the results in text or
html format. (Please note that I am not referring to 'save search pattern'
feature.) The only way to do this presently, that I know, is to do a screen
print and paste it into a image editing application. But, there is no real
functionality because it is an image and not a text or html file. Any ideas
would be appreciated. Thanks.

[danilocelic *TMM*]

Schreiber wrote:

> Saving Results of Searches Could you please add a feature to save search
> results in a text or html file format?

To request features (and report bugs), please use this page:
[url]http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/[/url]

Unfortunately, I'm not aware of a built in way to do what you're looking for. It might be possible to create a site report using the DW extensibility layer that would allow you to generate the same results that your searches would generate, and allow the saving of the results. However, the reports are saved out as XML which for most folks isn't a useful format for the results to be in as a default.



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Danilo Celic
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[Schreiber]

Creating a site report using the DW extensibility layer is an excellent idea. I
should have mentioned in my original post that XML is also an acceptable
format. I attempted to create a report using the reports feature located under
the 'Site, Reports' pull-down menu, but I could not specify search results as a
part of the report contents. If you have any ideas on including the search
results in the report, they would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your
input. I will also submit this question to the 'Request Features' page at
[url]http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/[/url] which I have just discovered.

[danilocelic *TMM*]

Schreiber wrote:

> Creating a site report using the DW extensibility layer is an excellent idea. I
> should have mentioned in my original post that XML is also an acceptable
> format. I attempted to create a report using the reports feature located under
> the 'Site, Reports' pull-down menu, but I could not specify search results as a
> part of the report contents. If you have any ideas on including the search
> results in the report, they would be greatly appreciated.

The type of rerport you're trying to build isn't a buitl in one, you'd have to write your own report by working with teh DW extensibility layer to get what you're looking for.

I have made a nubmer of DW extensions, but I haven't made any Reports so I don't know how easy of a task that might be to accomplish.

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