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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Posting variables
The following variables are available during the posting process and can be used to control the Posting process flow:
$File
The source record file variable.
$Filet
The target record file variable.
$post.msg
The message issued to the operator when the posting routine successfully completes. The default message is: The posting routine is complete.
$post.confirm
A logical field that controls whether on not the user is prompted to confirm the Posting action. The default is false.
$post.confirm.fmt
The name of the form used to display the target record for Posting confirmation.
$post.appl
The name of the RAD routine used for posting. If an application is not defined to this variable, and the $post.confirm option is true, the confirmation is a simple add or update of the target record. No other processing is performed against the record.
$post.names
An array that defines the names of the parameter panel input fields to which data will be passed. This field is needed only when an application is defined to the $post.appl parameter.
$post.values
An array that defines the values passed to the called application. There is a one-to-one relationship between this array and the $post.names array.
Related concepts
Posting
Posting link records
Posting link line definition file
Types of posting available in Format Control
Confirming the posting routine
Automatic updates using Format Control subroutines
Related tasks
Identify field input values for posting
Create the link record for posting
Create the Format Control record for automatic posting
Open a request for posting
Manual posting using Format Control additional options
Create the Format Control record for manual posting
Modify a hardware change request for posting
Use the confirmation function in the posting routine
Do manual posting with confirmation
