Find in .sas files without also finding in .sas7bdat files?

[rpardee]

Hey All,

If I do a find-in-files and specify *.sas as the "in files/types" part of the dialog, UE will search through files whose extensions only *start* with 'sas'. So it's as if I typed *.sas* as the type. I don't want this--is there a way to change this behavior?

Thanks!

-Roy

[Mofi]

That is not a problem of UltraEdit, it is a windows problem. If you don't believe me, try dir *.sas at a command prompt. The reason is the 8.3 short file name format for compatibility issues.

A file like test.sas7bdat has in 8.3 format the name test~1.sas. So the windows kernel functions FindOpen, FindFirst and FindNext always also returns *.sas7bdat files to the calling procedure, because the short file name extension for such files is *.sas.

For more about this problem read the article at
http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/W-P/files/a ... php/c4441/

Currently there is no workaround for your problem. You can only write to IDM an e-mail and ask for an additional find result filter inside UltraEdit like the code example on the article above demonstrates.

[rpardee]

Interesting--thanks for the link. I think it's reasonable to ask for an additional filter in UE--that's a heck of a trap for the unwary.

It would stink to try and actually *replace* in files and specify *.sas as the file type. .SAS files are plain text scripts, but .sas7bdat files are binaries. I bet you could hose those up pretty easily by trying to insert text in them.

Cheers,

-Roy