Optimizing Searching in Word

[Evan Stone]

I'm doing quite a bit of searching and replacing using the Find.Execute
method, and I was wondering if there were any recommended ways of optimizing
the process.

For instance, can I turn off the redraw/refreshing on the document until I'm
finished (or hide it entirely).

I'm just wondering what the Best Practice would be in this scenario.

Many Thanks in Advance!

evan stone | software engineer

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Evan,

I'm doing quite a bit of searching and replacing using the Find.Execute
method, and I was wondering if there were any recommended ways of optimizing
the process.

For instance, can I turn off the redraw/refreshing on the document until I'm
finished (or hide it entirely).

If you use Range.Find instead of Selection.Find then there should be a lot
less "movement" on the screen. Other than that, there's
Application.ScreenUpdating = False.

For any further suggestions, we'd need to understand how you've built your
code; what's happening once you've found something. And how you continue the
"Find" process.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Evan Stone]

If you use Range.Find instead of Selection.Find then there should be a lot

less "movement" on the screen.

Actually I'm currently using Range.Find, so that base is covered.

Other than that, there's
Application.ScreenUpdating = False.

I think that's the one I was looking for. I'll give it a shot and see how it
performs...

many thanks!

evan stone | software engineer

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Evan,

Actually I'm currently using Range.Find, so that base is covered.


I think that's the one I was looking for. I'll give it a shot and see how it
performs...

OK. If things still seems slow, describe how you're using Find and show us the
basic code (how you're setting/using the Range(s). Ranges can get extremely
slow with Find if Word has to spend a lot of time calculating the position...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Evan Stone]

Here's a good optimization tip... make sure the Forward parameter of the
Execute method is set to TRUE!

I think it sped up my search fivefold. Plus, with the ConvertToTable()
method for generating tables from tab delimited strings, this is *really*
flying...

Thanks for all your help!

evan k. stone | software engineer

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Evan,

Here's a good optimization tip... make sure the Forward parameter of the
Execute method is set to TRUE!

thank you very much for this

So glad things are beginning to "hum"!

Cindy Meister