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- dtSearch 4.0
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- OPTIONS.DAT Manual
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- Introduction
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- dtSearch stores user-specified options in a file called
- OPTIONS.DAT. Most options can be changed directly using dialog
- boxes in dtSearch. Therefore, MOST USERS DO NOT NEED TO KNOW
- ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF OPTIONS.DAT. This information is provided
- for users who need access to a few advanced options that can only
- be changed by editing OPTIONS.DAT. Also, in unusual
- circumstances some users may need to edit the OPTIONS.DAT file
- directly.
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- How dtSearch Uses OPTIONS.DAT
- =============================
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- dtSearch writes user-specified options to OPTIONS.DAT each
- time you change an option in dtSearch and at the end of the
- program. Therefore, if you want to edit OPTIONS.DAT, you should
- make sure that you are not running dtSearch while you are editing
- the file. Otherwise, when you exit dtSearch the program will
- write a new OPTIONS.DAT file and your edits will be lost.
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- On a network, dtSearch looks for OPTIONS.DAT in the user's
- private dtSearch directory and, if the file is not present, looks
- for it in the shared dtSearch directory on the server. Changes
- are always written to the user's private dtSearch directory.
- (The private dtSearch directory is the directory on a network
- where a user's individual setup files are stored.)
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- Format of the OPTIONS.DAT File
- ==============================
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- OPTIONS.DAT begins with a line containing the words "dtSearch
- Options". It is followed by a series of lines having the format
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- ParamName = value
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- There is no way to insert comments into an OPTIONS.DAT file.
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- Filenames in an OPTIONS.DAT file can be full pathnames (such
- as c:\dtsearch\x.dat) or they can be relative (such as ..\x.dat).
- If a relative path is supplied, dtSearch looks for the file first
- in the user's private dtSearch directory and, if the file does
- not exist there, dtSearch looks in the directory containing the
- dtSearch executable program.
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- If you delete an item from OPTIONS.DAT, dtSearch will write
- the default value for the item to OPTIONS.DAT the next time you
- run it. If you delete the OPTIONS.DAT file, dtSearch will create
- a new default OPTIONS.DAT file the next time you run it.
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- Content of the OPTIONS.DAT File
- ===============================
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- AlphabetName = ENGLISH.ABC
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- Name of the selected alphabet file. (Options|Indexing
- Options)
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- AutoWrap = Yes
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- If yes, document windows automatically re-wrap when resized.
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- BinaryFiles = 2
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- Treatment of binary files when indexing. (Options|Indexing
- Options)
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- ButtonBarFont = {Face=Arial} {Height=-13} {Weight=Normal}
- {CharSet=Ansi}
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- The font used to display the button bar. (Button Bar Menu)
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- ButtonBarItems =
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- The contents of the button bar
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- ButtonBarIcons = Yes
- ButtonBarText = Yes
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- Determines whether the button bar displays text, icons, or
- both. (Button Bar Menu)
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- FixedFont = {Face=Fixedsys} {Height=-17} {Weight=Normal}
- {CharSet=Ansi}
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- Font used to display search results. (Font button)
-
- HitBgColorRGB = 255 255 0
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- Background color used to highlight hits in retrieved
- documents. The three numbers indicate the amount of red,
- green, and blue in the color. Each number can range from 0
- to 255. (Default is bright yellow.)
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- Hyphens = 4
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- Treatment of hyphen characters when indexing.
- (Options|Indexing Options)
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- IgnoreSummaries = No
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- If Yes, dtSearch will ignore WordPerfect document summaries
- when indexing and searching WordPerfect documents. NOTE: If
- you change this value, you should reindex any WordPerfect
- documents you have previously indexed.
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- ImageDirectories =
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- Directories to search when looking for image files
- associated with a document. (Options|Imaging Options)
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- ImageExtensions = BMP EPS GIF JPG IMG PCX TIF TGA WMF WPG
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- Extensions of files that should be treated as images rather
- than documents. (Options|Imaging Options)
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- ImageViewer =
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- External viewer to use instead of dtSearch to display
- images. (Options|Imaging Options)
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- IndexFlags.CaseSensitive = No
- IndexFlags.AccentSensitive = No
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- Defaults for creation of new indexes. (Index|Create
- (Advanced))
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- IndexFlags.Compress = No
- IndexFlags.RemoveDeleted = Yes
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- Default actions when indexing. (Index|Update Index)
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- IndexLibrary = IXLIB.ILB
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- The currently selected index library. (Index|Change
- Library)
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- IndexNumbers = Yes
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- If no, numbers will not be added to the index.
- (Options|Indexing Options)
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- LinkTextColorRGB = 0 128 0
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- Color used to display hypertext links in Search Reports and
- lines in Search Results. The three numbers indicate the
- amount of red, green, and blue in the color. Each number
- can range from 0 to 255. (Default is dark green.)
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- MacroChar = @
- FuzzyChar = %
- PhoneticChar = #
- StemmingChar = ~
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- These options allow you to redefine the characters used to
- specify stemming, fuzzy, and phonic searches or to identify
- macros in search requets. The ability to redefine these
- characters is useful for users who need to be able to make
- @, %, #, or ~ searchable.
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- NoiseListName = DTSEARCH.NOI
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- Name of the file containing the noise word list.
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- PrintOptions.IsInches = Yes
- PrintOptions.LeftMargin = 100
- PrintOptions.RightMargin = 100
- PrintOptions.TopMargin = 100
- PrintOptions.BottomMargin = 100
- PrintOptions.Header = &f Page &p
- PrintOptions.Footer =
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- Page layout information for printing. (File|Page Setup)
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- QuietMode = Yes
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- If Yes, do not beep on error messages.
- (Options|Preferences)
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- RelativePaths = Yes
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- If Yes, dtSearch will store relative, rather than absolute,
- path information in indexes and index libraries. The
- distinction between relative and absolute paths is discussed
- in detail in the User's Manual.
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- ReportRange = 30
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- Number of words of context around each hit in a search
- report. (Search|Generate Report)
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- ResultsFormat.ShowHits = Yes
- ResultsFormat.ShowName = Yes
- ResultsFormat.ShowTitle = Yes
- ResultsFormat.ShowDate = Yes
- ResultsFormat.ShowTime = No
- ResultsFormat.ShowDir = Yes
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- These values determine how search results appear in a search
- results window. (Options|Preferences)
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- SearchOptions.Filter.NameMatch =
- SearchOptions.Filter.NameNotMatch =
- SearchOptions.Filter.SizeGreaterThan =
- SearchOptions.Filter.SizeLessThan =
- SearchOptions.Filter.DateAfter =
- SearchOptions.Filter.DateBefore =
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- Last file filter to used in a search.
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- SearchOptions.Request = paperwork reduction act
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- Last search request used in a search
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- SearchOptions.CaseSensitive = No
- SearchOptions.AccentSensitive = No
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- Defaults for unindexed searches.
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- SearchOptions.AutoStemming = No
- SearchOptions.Fuzziness = 0
- SearchOptions.PhonicSearching = No
- SearchOptions.FuzzySearching = No
- SearchOptions.NatLangSearching = No
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- Last settings for search features.
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- StemmerName = STEMMING.DAT
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- Name of the file containing the stemming rules to use in
- searches. STEMMING.DAT contains documentation explaining
- how to customize the stemming rules.
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- TabSize = 4
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- When displaying plain text files (not files created with a
- word processor), this is the number of spaces used to expand
- each tab character. (Options|Preferences)
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- ViewerFont = {Face=Arial} {Height=-13} {Weight=Normal}
- {CharSet=Ansi}
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- Font used to display documents. (Font button)
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