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Saving Your SET Commands

You may want to repeatedly use the same SET parameters in various search sessions. Although SET commands are canceled at LOGOFF, they can easily be collected in a SearchSave that you can EXECUTE again. You can create a SearchSave in any database and use it later in another file.

Once you have created the SearchSave, you can EXECUTE it any time you want those parameters SET. As each SET command is EXECUTEd, you will receive a message confirming that parameter.

Note: If you plan to create a SearchSave of a regular search in the same file in which you have created a SAVE of your SET commands, enter a new BEGIN command before starting the search to avoid saving the SET commands as part of the strategy.

Some SET commands and equivalents can be stored permanently in Configuration > Settings > Edit > Preferences. DialogLink 5 does not support SET Un (user-defined formats 1-9), but you can create an Alias of user-defined formats.

• To create a SearchSave of SET commands:

?b 410

?set alias u1 co,a1,cy,st,do,nm

?set h 60

?set k 10

?save discl

A pop-up box appears. Review the parameters and click Save.

SearchSave Parameters

SearchSave "DISCL" stored

• To execute the SET commands that have been stored as a SearchSave:

?b 101
[File 101] Disclosure Database(R) 2008/Apr W3
(c) 2008 Thomson Financial. All rights reserved.

?exs discl

 EXS: set alias u1 co,a1,cy,st,do,nm
u1 is set On as an alias for co,a1,cy,st,do,nm
 EXS: set h 60
H          = 60
 EXS: set k 10
KWIC       = 10

The settings are in place. When you enter a TYPE command with the format U1, the fields set in the Alias for U1 will display.

?select co=general motors corp?
S1          1   SELECT CO= GENERAL MOTORS CORP?

?t s1/u1/1

  1/CO,A1,CY,ST,DO,NM/1  Links <—DialogLink displays the u1 alias
Disclosure Database(R)                     field codes.
(c) 2008 Thomson Financial. All rights reserved. 
GENERAL MOTORS CORP
300 Renaissance Center
Detroit  MI

Officers (Name/ Age/ Title/ Remuneration):
(SOURCE: 10K)
 Wagoner, G. R., Jr./ 54/ CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, CHIEF 
   EXECUTIVE OFFICER / $5,479,305
 Henderson, Frederick A./ 49/ VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD,
   CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER / NA
 Borst, Walter G./ 46/ TREASURER / NA
 Polis, Nancy E./ 49/ SECRETARY / NA
 Anderson, Bo I./ 52/ DIVISION OFFICER / NA
 Barclay, Kathleen S./ 52/ VICE PRESIDENT / NA
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