SubDocument.ReplaceAll(String, String, SearchOptions) Method

Finds all occurrences of the search string in the current document, and replaces them with the replacement string.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

int ReplaceAll(
    string textToFind,
    string replaceWith,
    SearchOptions options
)

VB.NET

Function ReplaceAll(
    textToFind As String,
    replaceWith As String,
    options As SearchOptions
) As Integer

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
textToFind	String	A string specifying the search text.
replaceWith	String	A string specifying the replacement text.
options	SearchOptions	A SearchOptions enumeration specifying search options.

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	The number of replacements made.

Remarks

The code sample below shows how to replace “Application Programming Interface” to “API”:

C#

int replacements = wordProcessor.Document.ReplaceAll("Application Programming Interface", "API", SearchOptions.WholeWord);
Console.WriteLine(String.Format("The {0} replacements were made", replacements));

VB.NET

Dim replacements As Integer = wordProcessor.Document.ReplaceAll("Application Programming Interface", "API", SearchOptions.WholeWord)
Console.WriteLine(String.Format("The {0} replacements were made", replacements))

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-rich-edit-iterate-through-all-sub-documents/CS/SubDocumentIterator/Form1.cs#L37

{
    richEditControl1.Document.ForEachSubDocument((subdoc => { subdoc.ReplaceAll("test text", "Hello!!!", SearchOptions.None); }));
}

VB.NET

winforms-rich-edit-iterate-through-all-sub-documents/VB/SubDocumentIterator/Form1.vb#L28

Private Sub replaceTextBtn_ItemClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.XtraBars.ItemClickEventArgs)
    richEditControl1.Document.ForEachSubDocument(Sub(subdoc) subdoc.ReplaceAll("test text", "Hello!!!", SearchOptions.None))
End Sub