ImageRight employs two wildcard characters: the (%) percent and the (_) underscore. You may use these characters to search for files in the File Open dialog box (see Open File). You can find files when only a partial file number, file name, or other attribute (secondary index information) is known. The percent represents any number of characters and can be used alone or with other characters to perform a search. The underscore represents any single character.
The following combinations are examples of some uses of the wildcard characters. As you review these, keep in mind that you can use the characters in the file name, file number, and secondary index areas in the various dialog boxes where you might be searching for files. You can enter your search parameters without actually adding the % at the end. The % at the end is always used in the search even if you don't enter it.
- FR or FR% will retrieve all files with FR as the first two characters.
- %FR or %FR% will retrieve all files with FR anywhere in the field.
- Doe, J_ne or Doe, J_ne% will retrieve all files where the last name is Doe and the first name begins with 'J' but the second character is unknown and followed by 'ne' and then any characters.
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You should input as much file related information as possible to narrow the search results. You may also narrow your search by entering wildcard characters in more than one box in the File Open dialog box. For example, you could enter wildcard character combinations in both the file name and file number boxes. |
As you continue reading our examples, you should recognize that our demonstration system is limited in size (number of files, etc.), so you should expect to see different results when searching for files in your ImageRight system.
The examples that follow demonstrate the use of the two wildcard characters recognized by ImageRight. As with all our examples, you can modify the steps and apply the features to your own needs.
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To open the File Open
dialog box, click |
on
the toolbar.- To search
for files in the system based on a partial file number:
- Select All Locations in the Drawer list.
- Select All File Types in the File type list.
- Enter the known information, for example, GA (or using the wildcard character GA%) in File Number.
- Click the Find Now button.
- The
files that match the criteria you enter will be displayed in a list. To
open a file, do one of the following:
- Select a file in the list and click the Open button.
- Double-click a file in the list.
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You should consider searching for all files in your ImageRight system carefully. A search for all files could reduce system response time. Just imagine, if you have one million ImageRight files how long it might take to create the list. |
To narrow your search, select or enter other index information. For example, select the file type. In the example below, we are searched for all files in the Claims drawer associated with the Applications and endorsements file type by entering % in File Number. Alternatively, we could have left File Number blank.
If you know a partial file number or name, you can use the wildcard characters to search for matching files. In the example below, we searched for files using %8% (%8 can be used also) in the File Number box. The list contains files that have an 8 in any position in the file number.
The underscore can be used to represent any single character. In our example using GA_3, the list of files would include all those files that start with GA followed by any single character then followed by 3 followed in turn by any characters.
While we have provided only a few examples, keep in mind that the number of combinations that you can create with the wildcard characters is extensive. If you adapt our examples to your needs, you will quickly master the use of wildcard characters.