Application.ReplaceEx Method (Project)

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09/15/2015

Searches for an unfiltered value in a specified field or in all available fields and replaces it with the specified value. Returns True if any replacements are made.

Version Information

Version Added: Project 2010

Syntax

expression .ReplaceEx(Field, Test, Value, Replacement, ReplaceAll, Next, MatchCase, FieldID, TestID, SearchAllFields)

expression An expression that returns an Application object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data Type	Description
Field	Optional	String	The name of the field to search.
Test	Optional	String	The type of comparison made between Field and Value. Can be one of the following comparison strings: Comparison string Description "equals" The value of Field equals Value. "does not equal" The value of Field does not equal Value. "is greater than" The value of Field is greater than Value. "is greater than or equal to" The value of Field is greater than or equal to Value. "is less than" The value of Field is less than Value. "is less than or equal to" The value of Field is less than or equal to Value. "is within" The value of Field is within Value. "is not within" The value of Field is not within Value. "contains" Field contains Value. "does not contain" Field does not contain Value. "contains exactly" Field contains exactly Value.
Value	Optional	Variant	The value to compare with the value of the field specified in Field.
Replacement	Optional	Variant	Use "" (an empty string) to clear Field where it meets the test specified by Test and Value.
ReplaceAll	Optional	Variant	True if all occurrences of Value are replaced. False if only the first occurrence is replaced. The default value is False.
Next	Optional	Variant	True if Project searches down for the next occurrence of matching search criteria. False if Project searches up for the next occurrence. The default value is True.
MatchCase	Optional	Variant	True if the search is case-sensitive. The default value is False.
FieldID	Optional	Variant	The field identification number can be one of the PjField constants. FieldID takes precedence over any Field value.
TestID	Optional	Variant	The test identification number can be one of the PjComparison constants. TestID takes precedence over any Test value.
SearchAllFields	Optional	Variant	If True, replace the specified value in all available fields. The default is False. SearchAllFields takes precedence over Field and FieldID.

Return Value

Boolean

Remarks

Using the ReplaceEx method with no arguments, or without specifying Field, Test, and Value, displays the Replace dialog box that has options set for the previous state. If you set SearchAllFields to True, programmatic use still requires values for the Field, Test, and Value parameters.

Example

Either line in the following example replaces "Bad" with "Good", within the set of all available fields.

Sub Bad2Good() 
 ReplaceEx Field:="Name", Test:="contains", Value:="Bad", Replacement:="Good", _ 
 ReplaceAll:=True, SearchAllFields:=True 
 ReplaceEx Field:="xx", Test:="xx", TestID:=pjCompareContains, Value:="Bad", Replacement:="Good", _ 
 ReplaceAll:=True, SearchAllFields:=True 
End Sub

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