Searching for string in .pas / .dfm files 1

[StevenK]

I've tried to write a tool for myself to allow me to run a search on '.pas' and '.dfm' files to find instances of a given string. Sometimes this has worked OK but is far from 100%. Can anyone suggest a tool that does this for me ?
Or suggest an idiot-proof way of solving this ?
I've tried using the 'grep' tool but find it annoying that it is case-sensitive - unless there is a way round this ?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Steve

 

[Dooda]

There is an excellent shareware program called Textpad (

http://www.textpad.com

for download) which has a "find in files" facility with a caseless option. It produces a grep-like output which might suit you. It's also the best general text editor I've seen.

 

[StevenK]

Thanks. I'll give this tool a shot.
Steve

 

[StevenK]

As good as the tool might be it's not 100% for me. It's fine with the .pas files (as is my test application tool) but struggles with the .dfm files. It reads the dfm file as one line of text and outputs this.
Ideally I'm looking for a solution that resembles Delphi's view of the 'dfm' files - that is when you select a form/datamodule, right click and select 'View As Text'.
Can anyone tell me how this can be achieved ??
Thanks again
Steve

 

[Svanhooft]

hi,
go to

http://www.gexperts.org

and download Gexperts for your delphi version it is for free. It has a search engine which is very fast it searches pas, dfm and directories for a given string and it has a lot of other functions in it.
Check it out
Steph

 

[TealWren]

Back before the days of text dfms I used to use WinGrep from Hurricane Software. It is written to search DFMs.

Trial version at

http://www.hurricanesoft.com/prod01.htm

TealWren