Plug-in Reference — Structures — GREP_INFOA

# GREP_INFOA

Used by Editor_FindInFilesA macro, Editor_ReplaceInFilesA inline functions ( EE_FIND_IN_FILESA message, EE_REPLACE_IN_FILESA message s).

    typedef struct _GREP_INFOA {
    	UINT cbSize;
    	UINT nCP;
    	UINT nFlags;
    	LPCSTR pszFind;
    	LPCSTR pszReplace;
    	LPCSTR pszPath;
    	LPCSTR pszBackupPath;
    	LPCSTR pszFilesToIgnore;
    } GREP_INFOA;

## Fields

cbSize

Specifies size of (GREP_INFOA).

nCP

Specifies a code page by which a file is opened.

CODEPAGE_ANSI | Normal ANSI
CODEPAGE_UNICODE | Unicode little endian
CODEPAGE_UNICODE_BIGENDIAN | Unicode big endian
CODEPAGE_UTF8 | UTF-8
CODEPAGE_UTF7 | UTF-7
CODEPAGE_932 | Japanese Shift JIS
CODEPAGE_JIS | Japanese JIS
CODEPAGE_EUC | Japanese EUC
CODEPAGE_AUTO_SJIS_JIS | Converts from Japanese Shift JIS and JIS.
CODEPAGE_AUTO_SJIS_JIS_EUC | Converts form Japanese Shift JIS、JIS、EUC.
Others | All code pages you can used by system.
CODEPAGE_DETECT_UNICODE | Detects Unicode. Can be combined with another value.
CODEPAGE_DETECT_UTF8 | Detects UTF-8. Can be combined with another value.
CODEPAGE_DETECT_CHARSET | Detects HTML/XML Charset. Can be combined with another value.
CODEPAGE_DETECT_ALL | Detects all code pages. Can be combined with another value.

nFlags

Specifies a combination of the following values.

FLAG_FIND_CASE | Matches cases.
FLAG_FIND_ESCAPE | Uses escape sequences. Cannot be combined with FLAG_FIND_REG_EXP.
FLAG_FIND_FILENAMES_ONLY | Only file names will be displayed and the whole lines containing the searched string will not be displayed as results. Cannot combine with FLAG_FIND_LINE_ONLY or FLAG_FIND_MATCHED_ONLY.
FLAG_FIND_IGNORE_FILES | Ignores the files or folders specified by pszFilesToIgnore.
FLAG_FIND_LINE_ONLY | Only the whole lines containing the searched string will be displayed as results. Cannot combine with FLAG_FIND_FILENAMES_ONLY or FLAG_FIND_MATCHED_ONLY.
FLAG_FIND_MATCHED_ONLY | Only the matched strings will be displayed as results. Cannot combine with FLAG_FIND_FILENAMES_ONLY or FLAG_FIND_LINE_ONLY.
FLAG_FIND_ONLY_WORD | Searches only words.
FLAG_FIND_RECURSIVE | Searches in subfolders of the specified path.
FLAG_FIND_REG_EXP | Uses a regular expression. Cannot be combined with FLAG_FIND_ESCAPE.
FLAG_FIND_OPEN_DIRECT | Directly opens the document that includes the specified string. Cannot combine with FLAG_FIND_OPEN_FILTER or FLAG_FIND_OUTPUT.
FLAG_FIND_OPEN_FILTER | Directly opens the document that includes the specified string, and set the specified string as the filter. Cannot combine with FLAG_FIND_OPEN_DIRECT or FLAG_FIND_OUTPUT.
FLAG_FIND_OUTPUT | Displays the Find in Files results as a list in the Output Bar. Cannot combine with FLAG_FIND_OPEN_DIRECT or FLAG_FIND_OPEN_FILTER.
FLAG_REPLACE_BACKUP | Saves the backups. Cannot be combined with FLAG_REPLACE_KEEP_OPEN.
FLAG_REPLACE_KEEP_OPEN | Keeps the modified files open. Cannot combine with eeReplaceBackup. Cannot be combined with FLAG_REPLACE_BACKUP.

pszFind

Specifies a string to search for.

pszReplace

When replacing in files, specifies a string to replace with.

pszPath

Specifies a path to search from. It can include wild cards such as * and ?.

pszBackupPath

When replacing in files, specifies the backup folder, if nFlags includes FLAG_REPLACE_BACKUP.

pszFilesToIgnore

If nFlags includes FLAG_FIND_IGNORE_FILES, specifies the file or folder names to ignore. It can include wild cards such as * and ?. To specify multiple files, use semicolons (;) to separate them.

## Version

Supported on EmEditor Professional Version 4.02 or later.