Help with regex in VS2008

[theCPkid]

I am trying to replace

if(watever)
somecode;

with

if(watever)
{
somecode;
}

(if\([^`]*\))([ \n])([^`]*[;]) This regex finds out all such if blocks but when I try to replace \3 with {\3}, I get nothing; meaning \1, \2, \3 are just empty. \0 has value and it is equal to the complete string found. I expect \1 = (if\([^`]*\)) \2 = ([ \n]) \3 = ([^`]*[;]) It may be obvious by now that this is the first time I am using regex. Please suggest.

[theCPkid]

Visual studio Tag expression is {} and not (). If I use {} instead of (), I get correct values in %1, %2. Any idea how can I properly indent the inserted brackets. THey are inserted at start of line whereas 'if' can be indented?