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Need utility that seaches multiple Oracle Forms for string. [message #516027]

Thu, 14 July 2011 11:55

mrsjodin
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Registered: July 2011
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Is anybody aware of a utility that will take in a string and then search through multiple Oracle Forms and Reports modules (.fmb, .rdf, .mmb, .plx, etc). simultaneously to find which modules have strings that match the search criteria ?

To do this on an individual form is easy enough using the Oracle Forms Developer editor however I have over 100 Forms and reports.

I would like need a utility that will search all Oracle Forms in a given directory without having to actually open a Form(s) in the Oracle Forms Developer editor and then report which Forms may contained the sought after string.

Thank you ahead of time for your help.

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Re: Need utility that seaches multiple Oracle Forms for string. [message #516028 is a reply to message #516027]

Thu, 14 July 2011 12:03

BlackSwan
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find ./ -exec strings {} | grep -i -l search_criteria >> collect.txt\;

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Re: Need utility that seaches multiple Oracle Forms for string. [message #516029 is a reply to message #516028]

Thu, 14 July 2011 12:10

mrsjodin
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Please note that Oracle Forms and Reports source files are not ASCII but rather proprietory binary format.

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Re: Need utility that seaches multiple Oracle Forms for string. [message #516030 is a reply to message #516029]

Thu, 14 July 2011 12:21

BlackSwan
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>Please note that Oracle Forms and Reports source files are not ASCII but rather proprietory binary format.
Please NOTE that I included the "strings" utility which ingests binary files & return only printable ASCII text!

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Re: Need utility that seaches multiple Oracle Forms for string. [message #516032 is a reply to message #516030]

Thu, 14 July 2011 12:44

mrsjodin
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You provided: find ./ -exec strings {} | grep -i -l search_criteria >> collect.txt\; Is this a DOS command line utility or ?

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Re: Need utility that seaches multiple Oracle Forms for string. [message #516033 is a reply to message #516032]

Thu, 14 July 2011 12:48

mrsjodin
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I'm look for more on the syntax. Thank you.

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Re: Need utility that seaches multiple Oracle Forms for string. [message #516036 is a reply to message #516033]

Thu, 14 July 2011 12:54

BlackSwan
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>You provided: find ./ -exec strings {} | grep -i -l search_criteria >> collect.txt\; Is this a DOS command line utility or ?
They are *NIX command line utilities which can be installed on Windows; if you are so inclined

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Re: Need utility that seaches multiple Oracle Forms for string. [message #516039 is a reply to message #516036]

Thu, 14 July 2011 13:29

mrsjodin
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thanks, I think I can run with your last post. Thank you.

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