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SHOW FILES

Use SHOW FILES in DIALINDEX or OneSearch to produce a list of the files specified in your last SET FILES or BEGIN command, in the order specified. Use SHOW FILES to display complete file banners when the SET BANNERS OFF command is active.

• To display a list of the files specified in the last SET FILES or BEGIN command:

?show files
File  55:Biosis Previews(R) 1993-2008/Feb W4
         (c) 2008 The Thomson Corporation
File 154:MEDLINE(R) 1990-2008/Mar 04
         (c) format only 2008 Dialog
File  72:EMBASE 1993-2008/Mar 03
         (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V.

See Usage Notes.

SHOW H

SHOW H displays the number of characters per (horizontal) line.

• To display the number of characters per line:

?show h
Characters per line = 65.

SHOW HILIGHT

SHOW HILIGHT indicates whether HILIGHT is set ON or OFF and what character, if any, is being used around highlighted terms. You can abbreviate this command to SHOW HI.

• To display whether HILIGHT is ON and set to a character:

?show hi
(HI)LIGHT  = ON.              String used: '***'

SHOW KWIC

SHOW KWIC displays the current "window" size, i.e., the number of words displayed around search term(s) in KWIC format.

• To display the number of words in a KWIC window:

?show kwic
Number of words for KWIC is set to 50.

SHOW NOTICE

SHOW NOTICE indicates whether notice has been SET, and for what dollar amount.

• To display the SET NOTICE amount:

?show notice
You will be prompted to confirm each TYPE or PRINT 
request where format charges exceeds $100.00

Usage Notes:

DialogLink 5: The following SET Commands are not supported: SET FILES, SET HILIGHT with characters around terms. The display of banners is controlled by DialogLink 5; therefore, the SET BANNERS command has no effect. BEGIN files in the order you wish to search.

(SHOW PASSWORD) 

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