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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 your SearchSave in the Online Editor as shown in the following example.

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.

To have a group of SET commands automatically executed every time you log on, include them in your Dialog profile.

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.

• To create a SearchSave of SET commands:

?edit discl
Editor entered
Name:           *NEW*
Total lines:        0
Line increment:    10
Last line:          0
INPUT:    10
?set u1 co,a1,cy,st,do,nm
INPUT:    20
?set h 60
INPUT:    30
?set k 10
INPUT:    40
?<enter>
Returning to EDIT mode
EDIT:
?save discl
SearchSave  "DISCL" stored
Exit from editor

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

File 101:Disclosure Database(R) 2008/Feb W4
       (c) 2008 Thomson Financial
      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
Characters per line set to 78.

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?exs discl
User Defined Format 1 is set to CO A1 CY ST DO NM.
     Type/Display Estimated Cost: $ 21.40 - (File 101).
     Print        Estimated Cost: $ 21.40.
Characters per line set to 60.
KWIC is set to 10.

Usage Notes

DialogClassic Web: EDIT works differently and much easier than the example shown here. Simply enter EDIT and a dialog box appears where you can name your SearchSave and enter the commands you wish to save.

DialogLink 5: The following SET Commands are not supported: SET Un, EDIT PROFILE. Functional equivalents to many SET commands are available via the Configuration>Settings menu as fill-in-the blanks settings. Also, you can enter SET H and SET K and create a SearchSave.

DialogClassic: The following commands are not supported in a SearchSave: SET H, SET KWIC.

DialogWeb—Command: The following commands are not supported in a SearchSave: SET H, SET KWIC.

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