How to find a string in a Crystal Reports file in windows

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Crystal Reports of a directory use in some cases Stored Procedures as the Data Source, if I try to locate a Stored Procedure that exists say "My_procedure" by the Windows Find in said directory does not return me anything , I already did the test knowing with certainty that a file at least had this reference.

Does anyone know the way to make this research work ?

  • The windows search is interpreted, that is, using the interpreters embedded in the operating system (which may not be so complete) it does the search, it is not a binary search in the file. Maybe you need a third party tool or implement your own binary search engine.

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Forget the built-in search tools from Windows. It’s an area where Microsoft has to improve a lot yet.
I recommend using the free tool Agent Ransack
It allows simple searching by names or by content. It also allows you to use regular expressions. We use it in our long-time production environment.
An important note: the tool will only access the paths that access is allowed.
Tip: use point-and-comma sentences separator for multiple strings or multiple paths for searches.

  • Also reconnecting Agent Ransack

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Use the Notepad search++.

Amazingly enough, the search for Windows 7 onwards is no longer a simple search that looks inside the files. To do this you need to pass parameters, it is very bad. Forget and use another solution

  • Just one detail, I use the grep! Heheh in conjunction with the Cygwin

  • Thanks for the attention, just a question , I have to open one by one !? []s

  • @Motta has a file search feature within the program. You point a folder and it locates the inside of the files all within the folders and subfolders.

  • Thanks, I’ll try tomorrow!

  • The search for Notepad++ does not work , I believe the CR does something that hides the string when saving the file, but anyway the tip of this search is already valuable.

  • It’s been a while since I worked with Crystal. SSRS works with . xml files, I thought it would be similar. On the site in English (the OS) I found some answers saying that there is commercial software for this, but they are not cheap.. and they don’t work with the latest versions. I don’t know if I can help you with that. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8313625/anyway-to-search-inside-a-crystal-report

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In terms of tools I have been using for decades for more complex research or www.xyplorer.com or www.ztree.com.

The Windows is owed a robust query command in the contents of your command line files (DOS), as well as in the interface graphic.

MS-DOS (cmd.com) was not even to exist in core of Windows. It (MS-DOS) is weak, slow and poorly built since Windows 95.

The only place in which it (DOS) works well is on the line server, without the graphical part.

  • $$ is a problem. :)

  • installed ztree but could not use a "find" or "search"

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