topic Search & Replace broken AC28.0.1 in Installation & update

Search & Replace broken AC28.0.1

stoneunturned — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 21:54:08 GMT

I click on Edit > Search & Replace text, the dialogue comes up, I choose my filters and search terms etc, I hit search, get a half second blue circle, then nothing.

The next box that I'm used to seeing doesnt display (because it wasn't updated to AC28?) but is clearly there as a phantom because Archicad behaves badly in the background (display glitches etc).

When i open Search & Replace Text again and hit cancel, AC behaves normally again.

If i click on Replace All, the dialogue box doesn't progress to the next one and just remains there frozen, but still have limited functionality behind the frozen box.

Ac28.0.1

I AM VERY SICK OF THE ENTRY LEVEL QUALITY CONTROL

only way to get rid of it all is to restart AC.

we just want software that works dependably.............................. every tool or feature i go to use these days just doesnt work. im sure AC1 would be more helpful at this point. so frustrating.

Also, if the userbase is to conduct quality control for Graphisoft/N, then it would make sense to introduce a board to this forum called 'Bugs found by stressed users in the lead up to Christmas'. Or at least a Label which can be called 'Urgent Bugs'.

Both seem to be missing, and presumably Labels are locked down so GS can save face. i know 9/10 of my posts labels would include 'bug'

time taken to write this up: 20mins

time charge to GS/N: $50NZD, ill invoice you

Operating system used: Windows 11

Re: Search & Replace broken AC28.0.1

russfairhurst — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:42:38 GMT

I just tried it myself in AC 28.0.2 and it still does not work at all. Now have to go through every plan view and section/elevation to change a line of text. Will have to get keynotes working

Re: Search & Replace broken AC28.0.1

P-Renton — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:25:53 GMT

Having a similar issue at my office with our company template.

Arch28 Search & replace will work fine if I have selected a text box, but will only search that text box.

Search & Replace will not work when attempting to search the entire document.

However it seams to work on the Default Archicad 28 template, so looks to be some sort of corruption to the Company template but has only become an issue on Archicad 28...

I Have reported this to our Support & hopefully they will save me an entire rebuild of the company template.

Re: Search & Replace broken AC28.0.1

russfairhurst — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 03:09:59 GMT

I have just done the same test with a new and reset, and it works correctly. Also tested with text boxes selected, and it works in my current files.

Tried resetting the work environment to a default, and that has not fixed the issue either.

Re: Search & Replace broken AC28.0.1

Barry Kelly — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 03:36:48 GMT

I can't get this to work either in 28.

I will report this as a bug, I suggest you do the same to your local Archicad support.

The more reports they get about this, the more chance it will get fixed.

Barry.

Re: Search & Replace broken AC28.0.1

P-Renton — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 03:31:41 GMT

Update.

Support couldn't replicate the issue

So decided it was due to our custom/ third-party libraries,

I un-linked them,

Ran the following commands highlighted below:

available at:

window>toolbars>edit GDL library parts

Then relinked our libraries

Works fine now.

Re: Search & Replace broken AC28.0.1

Barry Kelly — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 03:39:16 GMT

I got the same message from Graphisoft that it was working for them.

I loaded a default Graphisoft template, and indeed it does work.

I opened my template and it does not.

So I have sent my template to them to investigate together with a bug report as I got Archicad to crash..

Your idea above is interesting, but I am not sure why the libraries and value tables will affect searching and re-placing text.

But stranger things have happened.

I will experiment later.

I am not sure about dumping the mapping value table as I need that to make the Graphisoft objects compatible with my template.

Still, I will give it a try.

Barry.

Re: Search & Replace broken AC28.0.1

P-Renton — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 19:18:47 GMT

HI, Barry,

After saving a .pln then closing and reopening it. the issue has come back, so I am doing further investigation into pin pointing what library may be causing an issue. Seams to be related to the loading of one of my extra libraries:

Custom office libraries,

Resene surface catalog

Ci Migration libraries.

Interestingly

I can replicate a crash if i remove the libraries then use the select all function. I would assume the search & replace would also use the select all function to search everything.

Re: Search & Replace broken AC28.0.1

P-Renton — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 23:07:37 GMT

I have been doing some more testing,

I believe the issue has something to do with the custom libraries & having duplicate notes/drawings on layouts.

We have a worksheet of notes.

We place these notes on the layouts as our standard notes.

Some of these notes are repeating across multiple layouts,

Once I deleted the text that is appearing in multiple layouts the search & replace function works on all viewports.

I have reported this issue to our customer support hopefully they can come up with a fix.

Re: Search & Replace broken AC28.0.1

stoneunturned — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 02:26:17 GMT

This is good news:

The Search & Replace Text now functions correctly, not only for a selected textbox. (DEF-23748)
Search and Replace Text now works with texts that contain AutoText. (DEF-23689)

Nice quick turnaround, keep it up GS

Re: Search & Replace broken AC28.0.1

russfairhurst — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 01:19:51 GMT

I just updated to 28.2 this morning, and search and replace text is working again.

Re: Search & Replace broken AC28.0.1

stoneunturned — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 21:55:26 GMT

Just tried it myself and seems to be working again. Thanks for the heads up.

Search and Replace text not finding text

Too Long — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:26:54 GMT

Why would this search return no results?

Operating system used: Windows

Re: Search and Replace text not finding text

Barry Kelly — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:34:29 GMT

@Too Long ,

Make sure your Archicad is up to date.

This seems to have worked for others.

Barry.

Re: Search and Replace text not finding text

Too Long — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 01:02:42 GMT

Thanks Barry, Im at 28.3.1. and still no result.

Re: Search and Replace text not finding text

Barry Kelly — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 02:23:30 GMT

The last message I had from tech support was that it didn't work with text that had auto text in it.

I see your text seems to have a drawing number - possibly that is autotext?

But I just tried some text that has autotext in it, and that worked for me.

The only thing is I am on build 28.3.0

I will update a little later and will try again.

It also will not look at locked text or locked layers, but your text does not appear to be locked.

Does your search say there is no match, or does it just not do anything?

Barry.

Re: Search and Replace text not finding text

Too Long — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 03:05:03 GMT

Yes, there is auto text in this label though even if a place a label containing only the search text it still produces no results. But it does work with text.

The return I get is "There is no matching text".

what Ive noticed is that associative labels cant be selected within the filter field. This label is associated to the post so this may be the issue. why you wouldnt associate a label befuddles me though. and the only way to make this option selectable is to check the "include uneditable elements" which again befuddles me because how could this be helpful aside for highlighting the text that is required to be changed manually which really defeats the purpose.

Re: Search and Replace text not finding text

Too Long — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 03:06:58 GMT

So yes, its associated labels. these cant be edited in this manner.

Re: Search and Replace text not finding text

Barry Kelly — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 03:52:40 GMT

Associated labels can be edited so long as you include them in the filter.

It just can't alter any autotext element of that text label - i.e. the size or sheet number.

Barry.

Re: Search and Replace text not finding text

Too Long — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 04:37:24 GMT

Fantastic. Confusing that it is listed under Uneditable Elements and it can be edited.