Clearing up an issue re "RickWorld's Find and Replace"

[Laurel]

In a separate posting, I described problems I was having with my new copy of
Find and REplace from RickWorld.com. In the end it turned out not to be a
bug, but a combination of user interface issues and a user who is challenged
re visual imagery (I don't "see" much of what's in front of me....). I just
want to be on record that there were no bugs in Rick Fisher's code. Here is
how I described what was going on to him.

BTW - He was very fast responding to my e-mail question, and pointed me in
just the right direction to make the discovery.

My mail to Rick

Well, the mystery is solved. I just didn't understand how it worked. I was
only interested in "find without replace." I checked that, but I did not
check "replace without asking," because, of course, I wasn't replacing, so
it seemed irrelevant.

Then when the window popped up, I thought it was the start of a long list of
instances of the string I was searching for. I didn't "see" that it was a
dialogue box. I now see that the "yes" was disabled, and when I clicked
"no" to the question, "Do you want to replace" everything was fine. I
quickly realized I had to check "Find without asking," before I began and it
behaved the way I'd expected. (Note, if you are replacing, you get a chance
to change your mind and say "yes to all." But if you are only "finding,"
you don't get an opportunity to say "no to all."

I'm a programmer, and I'm also 'handicapped' when it comes to visual
imagery. It was a said day for me when Windows replaced DOS. So I always
volunteer to be the "dumb user." If there's any potential for confusion,
I'll get sucked in.

Thanks for your rapid response. I'll definitely purchase it.

 

[Laurel]

Sorry - I realize I didn't describe the problem in the first place.
Basically, it seemed to hang on the first "hit" when I asked it to "find" a
string. Details at bottom of "Ucora Find and Replace- HELP."