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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Example: Testing a file name
This JavaScript example demonstrates how to test whether or not a Service Manager file name in a string is valid. The script uses a string containing the file name to create a new SCFile object, and then tests the resulting object to see if it is valid. If the file name is valid, it contains the expected properties and methods (such as doSelect).
function testFile( fname )
{
var undefined;
var f = new SCFile( fname );
if ( typeof f == "object" && f.doSelect != undefined )
{
print( fname + " is a real file!" );
}
else
print( fname + " is NOT a real file!" );
}
testFile( "nonexistentfile" );
testFile( "contacts" );
