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
| Search for | Example | Results |
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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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Add a record
Applies to User Roles:
System Administrator
Example: Add a record for the new contact, Bob Hoskins, to the contacts file.
To add a contact:
- Open a form in Database Manager.
For this example, open the
contactsform. - Select the contacts file from the record list, and then click Search.
- Enter the required values in the Business Information section of the Business tab, and other values as needed.
For this example, enter:
Field Record value Contact Name HOSKINS,BOB Company Advantage - Click Add..
Database Manager adds the record, retains the input from the screen displayed and responds with the following message: “Contact Information record added.”
Related topics
Determining System Navigator menu options
Single-record functions
Multiple-record functions
Open a record using Database Manager
Duplicate an existing record
Update an existing record
Delete a record
Print a record
Clear an initial record
