How to replace a variable everywhere in a big project ?

[Lost User]

Hi, I'm using Visual C++ 6 and I have a big project (around 1000 c, cpp, h). How can I modify a variable everywhere in the project ? The "replace" function does work only for a file !! And it would take me ages to do it everywhere without forgetting any !! Thanks !!!!!

[Kene]

VStudio.Net (i.e ver 7.0) comes with this feature. It's called replace in files. And can be found on the edit menu. What would life be without programmers and salesmen?

[Lost User]

Thanks, but what does exist under VC6 ?

[G Raven]

Try one of the shareware simple text editors that support that feature, like EditPlus. Be careful as that is a dangerous operation. For example, make sure you don't have any other vars whose name contain the text you're changing. G. Raven

[David Crow]

Pierre_1 wrote: And it would take me ages to do it everywhere without forgetting any !! If it's one variable that's used globally, just change the declaration of it and the compiler will tell you of the references. Yes this still takes time, but you wouldn't forget any. Otherwise, what you want is not possible with the v6 IDE.

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[Prakash Nadar]

I am totally against changing the name of a variable in 1000 c,c++ files, totally ineffcient thing to do. May be you are converting the source codes for some coding standards. but the job is inefficient. I Touched Osama Bin Ladens Bushy Beard