Search for common text in multiple ilogic rules?

[D0UGLAS]

Does anyone have any better ideas or knowledge of how to search for and locate identical text strings, features in several ilogic rules at once?

1) I have a model with 30+ rules, I have merged them together, but they were unmanageable.

2) Another way I have found is to search and replace all instances in all of the rules with the same or a corrupt text. The same text helps me identify how many occurrences there are, the corrupt text can help me find the rule, but this does not always work, and not finding the now corrupted text leads to problems down the line.

3) Also copying all of the rules into a text editor made them accessible but again this is impractical.

example

I am looking for something like this it doesn't have to be within the ilogic environment I just need a quick way to find features for editing...

Input

search 30 rules where is text  "rhubarb n custard"

8 occurrences found

4 in rule 1,

1 in rule 9,

2 in rule 16,

1 in rule 29

[bradeneuropeArthur]

This may be not the solution, but is more as a "Tip".

Start programming your own add in.

The story above is one of the BIG disadvantages of build in code like VBA or I-logic.

For sure if you have a model with 30 + rules, an add in is the better way of programming!

Regards,

[D0UGLAS]

Ah… I wish there was a macro record feature, that could set me off in the right direction..

Thanks for your help..

[bradeneuropeArthur]

@D0UGLAS 

You have already programmed a lot with I-logic!

The step to vb.net and add ins isn't the huge/far away!

[chandra.shekar.g]

@D0UGLAS,

In the below blog link, an Inventor addin is used to play with iLogic rules.

https://beinginventive.typepad.com/being-inventive/2012/02/injecting-ilogic-code-and-ilogic-event-tr...

Thanks and regards,