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I have an exe. And I want my program to do 2 things.
#1 Open the exe and edit 2 words from "Mainta" to "Maintx"
#2 Open the exe and edit 2 words from "Maintx" back to "Mainta"
I dont know how to do this. Is there a tutorial that will let me
search for a specific sequence of numbers and or letters and replace them?
If somone can please show me how to do this.
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You need to use GET and PUT to look at the whole file as sort of one large string, OR (if it's a TEXT file), use LINE INPUT #1:
http://forum.qbasicnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=3389&
Don't forget the different OPEN modes..(bINARY, OUTPUT, INPUT..)
To search for something:
a$ = "'Welcome to McDonald's!' 'Yes, um.. I'd like a Happy Meal.' 'Do you want fries with that?'"
searchfor$ = "fries"
PRINT INSTR(a$, searchfor$) 'built-in function.
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Quote:a$ = "'Welcome to McDonald's!' 'Yes, um.. I'd like a Happy Meal.' 'Do you want fries with that?'"
searchfor$ = "fries"
PRINT INSTR(a$, searchfor$) 'built-in function.
I kinda dont understand you.
Can you explain what is A$ = "..." for ?
What what is searchfor$ = "fires" for.
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Run it.
"I dont know how to do this. Is there a tutorial that will let me
search for a specific sequence of numbers and or letters and replace them?
If somone can please show me how to do this"
searchfor$ is what you search for, and a$ is what is searched.
Peace cannot be obtained without war. Why? If there is already peace, it is unnecessary for war. If there is no peace, there is already war."
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