Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

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DDE script example

The following example, written in VBA, illustrates a DDE script that takes a user directly to the Database Manager from the login screen. Before executing this script, you must be on a Service Manager login screen.

Sub SC()
	Dim nChannel As Long
	Dim strReturned As String
	nChannel = DDEInitiate("Service Manager", "ActiveForm")
	DDEPoke nChannel, "$user.id", "falcon"
	DDEExecute nChannel, "[Transact( ""0"" )]"' login
	DDEExecute nChannel, "[Transact( ""1"" )]"' go to the command interface
	DDEPoke nChannel, "$command", "db"' go to the Database Manager
	DDEExecute nChannel, "[Transact( ""0"" )]"
	DDEExecute nChannel, "[SetFocus( ""file.name"" )]" ' set the focus in the file name box
	DDETerminate nChannel
	End Sub

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