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1. CHURCHWATCH NEWSLETTER 2 2003 12 22 Welcome to the ChurchWatch Version 3 newsletter for the week of December 22 28 This week we re talking about the new SuperSearch utility Many of the forms in ChurchWatch have always had a FIND button However this type of search tends to be quite limited and usually refers only to the current context for example searching for family name in the Membership Manager or searching for envelope number in the Giving Manager With ChurchWatch Version 3 this has all changed To access the new SuperSearch simply right click your mouse in any form field The SuperSearch form shown below will pop open You can search on any field you like as long as there is a database table field tied to the form which is true in most cases Once the SuperSearch form opens take note of the top line which shows you what field you are searching on refer to Appendix A of the User s Manual for more information on tables and fields Next decide how you are going to search this is where the real power of the SuperSearch comes into play You can search on equals does not equal greater than less than begins with contains and is between The example below shows an is between search In the example we are looking for a postal code that is between S7J and S7M A postal code beginning with S7K would qualify and would be included in the search results At this point take note that the SuperSearch will only find the FIRST RE
2. CORD matching your criteria You can use the FIND NEXT button on most forms to find the next record matching Note that some foms do not have a FIND NEXT button and in these cases a repeated search is not possible The search options area near the bottom of the form allows you to modify the search somewhat We can ignore empty values because sometimes they will match your criteria which is undesirable Because the example below is a Character field we can also match upper lower case in most cases you will want to leave this unchecked because case matching is seldom desireable Finally if you are interested you can display the search string generated by the SuperSearch this can be quite useful when doing a similar query using the Query Manager Finally click the FIND button to perform the search or the CANCEL button to close the form without a search That s it for this week We will be open for business over the next two weeks somewhat sporadically but most days we are available to take calls and orders Please leave a voice message if no one is in the office and we will return your call as soon as possible Have a very blessed Christmas week Table you are searching searching Search Control Search options Field in table you are Field type Super Search s 9 Data value s to search for

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