regex.replace or string.replace or using xmldom object or LINQ doesn't work! And there are no free tools in market which does it without throwing up in middle.
Solution:
Well the solution is as simple as it can get. Just use StreamReader & StreamWriter. These don't load file in memory but streams through your text or xml file byte by byte
Example: (Change the required parameter values for changing a site's site definition)
/// Replaces text in a file.
///
///Text to search for.
///Text to replace the search text.
public void ReplaceInFile(string SourcefilePath, string DestfilePath)
{
string data;
if( !(SourcefilePath.Contains(".xml")) )
{
Console.WriteLine("Please specify Manifest.xml path.. Filename is missing");
return;
}
if(File.Exists(SourcefilePath) == false)
{
Console.WriteLine("File doesn't exist at the specified path\n");
return;
}
StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(SourcefilePath);
StreamWriter streamWriter = new StreamWriter(DestfilePath);
while (streamReader.Peek() >= 0)
{
data = streamReader.ReadLine();
//**********************************
// Strings for changing the Configuration IDs
string OldConfig1 = @"Configuration=""0""";
string NewConfig = @"Configuration=""2""";
//-1. Webtemplate="InsideCustompublishingWorkflow - Config as -1 change it to 2
string searchtext23 = @"WebTemplate=""InsideCustompublishingWorkflow""";
if (data.Contains(searchtext23) == true)
{
//change the configuration
data = data.Replace(OldConfig1, NewConfig);
}
//CHANGE THE SITE TEMPLATE NAME
// 1. WebTemplate="INSIDECustomPUBLISHING" - Aold
string searchtext1 = @"WebTemplate=""INSIDECustomPUBLISHING""";
string replacetext1 = @"WebTemplate=""INSIDECustomPUBLISHINGnew""";
if (data.Contains(searchtext1) == true)
{
//change the configuration
data = data.Replace(OldConfig1,NewConfig);
data = data.Replace(searchtext1, replacetext1);
}
//CHANGE THE SITE TEMPLATE SETUPPATH
//INSIDECustomPUBLISHING - Aold //SetupPath="SiteTemplates\INSIDECustomPUBLISHING"
string searchtext4 = @"SetupPath=""SiteTemplates\INSIDECustomPUBLISHING\";
string replacetext4 = @"SetupPath=""SiteTemplates\INSIDECustomPUBLISHINGnew\";
data = data.Replace(searchtext4, replacetext4);
//Write the data on .xmlnew file
streamWriter.WriteLine (data);
}
streamReader.Close();
streamWriter.Close();
}
