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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- List: RAD functions
- RAD function: add.graphnodes(xml)
- RAD function: cache.flush
- RAD function: clean.display.value
- RAD function: cleanup
- RAD function: contents
- RAD function: copyright
- RAD function: currec
- RAD function: current.device
- RAD function: current.format
- RAD function: cursor.field.contents
- RAD function: cursor.field.display.content
- RAD function: cursor.field.display.content.set
- RAD function: cursor.field.name.set
- RAD function: cursor.field.name
- RAD function: cursor.field.readonly
- RAD function: cursor.line
- RAD function: date
- RAD function: datecmp
- RAD function: day
- RAD function: dayofweek
- RAD function: dayofyear
- RAD function: dbdict.helper(“db.type”)
- RAD function: dbdict.helper(“field.type”)
- RAD function: dbdict.helper(“is.alias”)
- RAD function: dbdict.helper(“joinfile.names”)
- RAD function: dbdict.helper(“unique.key”)
- RAD function: delete
- RAD function: denull
- RAD function: descriptor
- RAD function: display.value.copy
- RAD function: evaluate
- RAD function: evaluate.query
- RAD function: evaluate_query
- RAD function: exists
- RAD function: fduplicate
- RAD function: filename
- RAD function: filequeryex
- RAD function: frestore
- RAD function: genout
- RAD function: get.base.form.name
- RAD function: get.dateformat
- RAD function: get.display.value
- RAD function: get.graph.action
- RAD function: get.graph.id
- RAD function: get.graph.target
- RAD function: get.graphnode.id
- RAD function: get.lock.owner
- RAD function: get.timezoneoffset
- RAD function: get.uid
- RAD function: gui
- RAD function: index
- RAD function: insert
- RAD function: iscurrent
- RAD function: isExpressionValid
- RAD function: isfileexist
- RAD function: jscall
- RAD function: lioption
- RAD function: lng
- RAD function: locks
- RAD function: logoff
- RAD function: logon
- RAD function: mandant
- RAD function: max
- RAD function: messages
- RAD function: min
- RAD function: modtime
- RAD function: month
- RAD function: multiselect.selection("fieldcontents")
- RAD function: multiselect.selection("fieldname")
- RAD function: multiselect.selection("rows")
- RAD function: multiselect.selection("selected")
- RAD function: multiselect.selection("selections")
- RAD function: multiselect.selection("tablename")
- RAD function: null
- RAD function: nullsub
- RAD function: operator
- RAD function: option
- RAD function: parse
- RAD function: perf
- RAD function: printer
- RAD function: policyread
- RAD function: processes
- RAD function: prof
- RAD function: recordcopy
- RAD function: recordtostring
- RAD function: round
- RAD function: same
- RAD function: scmsg
- RAD function: set.display.value
- RAD function: set.timezone
- RAD function: setsort
- RAD function: shutdown
- RAD function: simple.file.load
- RAD function: sleep
- RAD function: str
- RAD function: stradj
- RAD function: strchrcp
- RAD function: strchrin
- RAD function: strclpl
- RAD function: strclpr
- RAD function: strcpy
- RAD function: strdel
- RAD function: strins
- RAD function: strpadl
- RAD function: strpadr
- RAD function: strraw
- RAD function: strrep
- RAD function: strtml
- RAD function: strtrmr
- RAD function: substr
- RAD function: substrb
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("ActiveFloatUsers")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("Active Licenses")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("ActiveNamedUsers")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("AuthMode")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("ClientNetAddress")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("ClientOSName")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("ClientPID")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("ClientVersion")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("Display")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("Environment")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("languagecode")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("MaxFloatUsers")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("MaxLicenses")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("Mode")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("PrevLabel")
- RAD Function: sysinfo.get("PKMode")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("PrintOption")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("Quiesce")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("RecList")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("ServerNetAddress")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("ServerNetPort")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("ServerPID")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("ThreadID")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("TotalFloatUsers")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("TotalLicenses")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("TotalNamedUsers")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("TotalProcs")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("TotalSystemProcs")
- RAD function: sysinfo.get("TotalUserProcs")
- RAD function: time
- RAD function: tod
- RAD function: tolower
- RAD function: toupper
- RAD function: translate
- RAD function: trunc
- RAD function: type
- RAD function: updatestatus
- RAD function: val
- RAD function: version
- RAD function: year
RAD function: dbdict.helper(“is.alias”)
A RAD utility function that helps determine whether a field is an alias or not.
Function
dbdict.helper(“is.alias”)
Format
dbdict.helper(“is.alias”,$L.file/$filename,fieldname)
Parameters
The following parameters are valid for this function.
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Parameter |
Description |
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$L.file/$filename |
The variable or name of the file to which the field belongs |
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fieldname |
The name of the field to be checked |
Factors
Always consider using a file variable first for better performance.
Return values
True: The field is an alias.
False: The field is not an alias.
