The $fill.display and $fill.display.add functionality

When using $fill.display, you can modify the data using the standard rules that apply to that database using Format Control.

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)`

Click OK to save the record and use the new version of the record to perform the Fill function, based on the associated link line.

Click Cancel to cancel any updates. It will not fill information back into the source record.

When $fill.display.add is set to true and the us.link performs the standard link query and returns no records, the form defined in the link line opens and the user can add a record. Any information defined in the Fill to or Fill from fields copies into this record.

Click Add to add the record while leaving the user on this form. At this point the rules for $fill.display are followed.

Click OK to add the record and perform the Fill function back to the source record using the newly-added record.

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