Global Name change of Line styles

To be clear you just want to change whats in the rsc file right not whats used in existing drawing, just  forward before you make new drawing use the renamed styles right?

In that case what we need is some sort of program that can open it like text and use find replace ... have you tried making a copy and using notepad or notepad++ and find replace to change your keyword?

Then to test it move the original rsc into a folder mstn cant see then  modifiy a copy test the all the linestyles still work, if it does then you solved it  if not you have back of the orginal you can return all back to normal...

I can't test this for you as my rsc libraries are in protected read only on network.. but it seems logical if your  relacing a key word with another, when I open rsc file read only with notepad I can see the  names in text but the rest looks like code or special symbols ... if it doesn't need compiling this in theory should work for you..

My concern is what happens to all your old drawings that used the original names linestyles... they  will no longer see the old names....

Then this would suggest we need Two rsc files old original and new modified renamed file with new contents.. then you need to batch process all your old drgs to change to the new rsc file with the suggested remap that Otto mentioned... or leave all the old as is and only use the new rsc moving forward from a certain date as your new standard... the later option would be the one I'd push for my my masters.. too much work otherwise...

Lorys said:

n that case what we need is some sort of program that can open it like text and use find replace ... have you tried making a copy and using notepad or notepad++ and find replace to change your keyword?

Lorys thoughts are valuable, but not this one! RSC Files are no Text-Files. Open and editing with a text-editor normally corrupt the files. You just need the right tools to do the job.

Hex editor could work but only if length of text doesn't change.

Hex editor could work but only if length of text doesn't change.

It is possible to use a Hex-Editor, but is it wise? You have no immediate control over your results, and some damage may not be discovered until much later.