[CE VBA] Configuration variable query?

Hi MaryB,

Yes its possible to create a project where you could select either a debug file or multiple CFG files and basic perform string operations on their contents however, from what you have mentioned by looking to track down instances of the variables, I would suggest to you a far simpler and more powerful solution:

1. Download Notepad++
2. Drag all your CFG files into the window (and debug text file too if you so wish)
3. Open the search function on whatever variable(s) you wish to review (you have the option to search all open files as the search utility is quite comprehensive). The search results list every instance and, what file they occur and on what line. Double clicking each search result opens that file and highlights the instance.
4. You can also highlight a string of text e.g variable name, and press the Binoculars (search button) and it will paste the string into the Find What box. Additionally, you can double click a variable name and all instances in a file will highlight. You can also create your own visual formatting style for CFG files too.
   

I personally don't have any issues with tracking down variables usage as I leave the Standards.cfg in its delivered state and have 7 different CFG files of my own (also seen in the above image) where I have variables organised and processed in a specific order which makes for an easy to manage system, however Notepad++  being such a good text editor, makes the job so much easier than trying to do the same task in Notepad.

Hi MaryB,

Yes its possible to create a project where you could select either a debug file or multiple CFG files and basic perform string operations on their contents however, from what you have mentioned by looking to track down instances of the variables, I would suggest to you a far simpler and more powerful solution:

1. Download Notepad++
2. Drag all your CFG files into the window (and debug text file too if you so wish)
3. Open the search function on whatever variable(s) you wish to review (you have the option to search all open files as the search utility is quite comprehensive). The search results list every instance and, what file they occur and on what line. Double clicking each search result opens that file and highlights the instance.
4. You can also highlight a string of text e.g variable name, and press the Binoculars (search button) and it will paste the string into the Find What box. Additionally, you can double click a variable name and all instances in a file will highlight. You can also create your own visual formatting style for CFG files too.
   

I personally don't have any issues with tracking down variables usage as I leave the Standards.cfg in its delivered state and have 7 different CFG files of my own (also seen in the above image) where I have variables organised and processed in a specific order which makes for an easy to manage system, however Notepad++  being such a good text editor, makes the job so much easier than trying to do the same task in Notepad.