Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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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. |
Using Boolean Operators
| Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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Invalid files and form names
If any element of the Files/Formats field is not a valid database dictionary name or a valid form name, the following message appears in the status bar: The name <name > is not a valid dbdict or format. Search for database dictionary records. A record list of valid file names is displayed. Double-click on the correct file to replace the invalid entry.
If you have entered an invalid form name in the Files/Formats field and want to view a record list of valid forms, open the More Actions menu and select Display All Formats. A record list of valid forms opens. Double-click on the correct form to replace the invalid entry. If the form you select is not associated with a file, you must respond by indicating the file with which the form will be associated at run time.
Note: The file associated with the form must contain the Field Name. If it does not and the first element in the list is being validated, you are prompted to select a valid field name. If the second or greater element is being validated, you are returned to the original record with an error message.
To switch back to the list of files, select Display Table List from the More Actions menu.
Related concepts
Data validation
Accessing the validity file
Deleting validity record components
Invalid application names
Invalid field names
Printing validity definitions
Invoking validity table processing
Look-up processing
