VS:ReplaceText

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Description

Procedure ReplaceText replace the oldText with the newText of the referenced text object.

PROCEDURE ReplaceText(
            objectHd     :HANDLE;
            oldText      :STRING;
            newText      :STRING;
            replaceAll   :BOOLEAN;
            isCaseSens   :BOOLEAN);

def vs.ReplaceText(objectHd, oldText, newText, replaceAll, isCaseSens):
    return None

Parameters

objectHd		HANDLE		Handle to text object.
oldText		STRING		Old text string value.
newText		STRING		New text string value.
replaceAll		BOOLEAN		Flag whether to replace all oldTexts or first found text.
isCaseSens		BOOLEAN		Flag whether to be case sensitive.

Example

ReplaceText(hText,'Old text', 'New', TRUE, FALSE);

Version

Availability: from Vectorworks 2025