Question

I have a problem in VS2005. When I try to search files with the regular expressions option I just get an error message stating

Unknown argument for ':' operator. Complete Regular Expression required in search string. 

The pattern that i’m trying to use is valid, and works in other text editors it is:

<asp:textbox.+?(type='text'|size=|autocomplete=|class=|value=) 

How do I get this pattern working with VS2005 search?

Answer 1

This is working :

\<asp\:textbox.+?(type=\'text\'|size=|autocomplete=|class=|value=) 

But I think there is a mistake in .+? part. Wtihout it I can get matches for that :

// <asp:textboxtype='text'