What’s a module and how do I create one ?

When you create a Search Task or a Search And Replace Task, you have the option of saving the task as a module for later use. To create a module you just save the task you are working on in the way you would save a file in any other application. The module is saved as XML.

What can I do with modules ?

You can reload them for reuse or you can refer to them within other modules. Modules can be referenced within other modules in one two ways: a Module Insertion or a Module call. Module Calls are not currently convertible to code snippets.

Module Insertions

Module Insertions are a shorthand way of including a module inside another module. The effect is as if you had copied the contents of the referenced module into the insertion point; the benefit is that instead of the actual code you just see a reference to the inserted module (great when you are constantly repeating parts of your task ).

Module Calls

Module Calls work by passing a text string to another module and receiving the processed string in return. The text string you pass can be a predefined string or (probably more usefully) a string you have captured during processing.