Procedure ReplaceText replace the oldText with the newText of the referenced text object.
PROCEDURE ReplaceText(
objectHd : HANDLE;
oldText : STRING;
newText : STRING;
replaceAll : BOOLEAN;
isCaseSens : BOOLEAN);def vs.ReplaceText(objectHd, oldText, newText, replaceAll, isCaseSens):
return None| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| objectHd | HANDLE | Handle to text object. |
| oldText | STRING | Old text string value. |
| newText | STRING | New text string value. |
| replaceAll | BOOLEAN | Flag whether to replace all oldTexts or first found text. |
| isCaseSens | BOOLEAN | Flag whether to be case sensitive. |
ReplaceText(hText,'Old text', 'New', TRUE, FALSE);2: BEGIN
SearchTxtObj := TRUE;
gStop := TRUE;
ReplaceStr(FldStr,gFindString,gReplString,gCase);
ReplaceText(HObj, gFindString, gReplString, FALSE, gCase);
GOTO 97;
END;import vs
# Procedure ReplaceText replace the oldText with the newText of the
# referenced text object.
objectHd = vs.FSActLayer() # handle to the first selected object on the active layer
oldText = 'Example text'
newText = 'Example text'
replaceAll = True
isCaseSens = True
vs.ReplaceText(objectHd, oldText, newText, replaceAll, isCaseSens)Availability: from Vectorworks 2025