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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Use field comparisons
Here are some examples of using field comparisons.
- Making a certain field visible only when the category of a record equals "network."
- Assume that the category can be selected via a drop-down list whose Input is defined as
$category.
You can specify the visibility dependency by assigning the following to the Visible Condition property of the field:[$category] = "network" - Instead of a variable, a drop-down list can use a record field as input. If the field is named "category," set up the "Visible Condition" as follows:
[category] = "network"
- Assume that the category can be selected via a drop-down list whose Input is defined as
- Adding a DVD visible condition to a field:
[assignment]#"help" - Specifying an inequality comparison:
[$category] <> "network"(that is, category is not network) - Using complex conditions or statements to create a conditional property for a control on a form.
[$category]="network"&[$subcategory]="modem"[$category]="network"|[$category]="DEFAULT"
Complex conditions are true only if both parts of the condition are true.
Related concepts
Dynamic View Dependencies
Field comparisons
Field value matching
Dynamic functions
Related tasks
Use form dep.g to demonstrate Dynamic View Dependencies
Use dynamic functions
Use field value matching
