Specifications

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Search Modes
DigiBase provides two different text searching en-
vironments:
Quick Search Mode Applies wildcards before and
after each text string. For example, a Quick search
for Dog finds Dogs, dog_bark, and howling_dogs.
Advanced Search Mode Does not automatically
apply any wildcards. Therefore, an Advanced
search on Dog finds Big Dog, but not Dogs (unless
you manually add a wildcard, as described in
“Wildcard Characters (* and ?)” on page 305).
In addition, Advanced Search recognizes word
breaks such as underscores and capitalization. For
example, an Advanced search on Dog also finds
Big_Dog (Big-underscore-Dog) and BigDog,
though it would not find BigDogs.
To enable Advanced Search mode:
 Click to enable the Advanced Search mode op-
tion.
To return to Quick Search mode:
 Click to deselect the Advanced Search mode.
About the Search Process
Searches are conducted in two passes, each indi-
cated by Search Status displayed in the Search
pane (and the Task window).
Searching Databases The existing databases are
searched first. While this is the fastest search pass,
this search pass can only be as accurate as the da-
tabase (in other words, if the database is not com-
pletely up to date you might not find the files you
want).
File System Search Pass This is the second pass
of a search. This search is not as fast as the Data-
base pass, but it is more thorough because it is not
relying on the database, which may or may not be
current.
Saving Search Results as a
Catalog
To save the results of your search as a Catalog:
1 Choose Edit > Select All, or press Command+A
(Mac) or Control+A (Windows), to select all
items in the Items List.
2 From the Browser menu, choose Create
Catalog
.
Advanced Search mode option, in Search pane
Toggling search mode affects all DigiBase
browsers.
Each pass is completed before the next pass
begins.
For more information, see “Catalogs” on
page 326.