Support : Publications : Chronolog Archives : November/December 2003

Enhancements to Dialog DataStar

Several enhancements have been implemented on Dialog DataStar as a result of customer comments and suggestions.

Personalized Front Page in PDF

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Dialog DataStarClassic on the Web now offers the ability to create a personal front page in PDF format for Alerts and DELIVERs. Go to the Options screen to create the page. See Figure 1.

• Under #3, enter the URL address where the HTML page can be found. It must reside on a publicly accessible Web server (e.g., www.datastarweb.com/~webbase/dsdepriv/info/title.html)
  
  
• Click HTML or PDF to test how the page will look
  
  
• Under #4 define on which page the PDF file should be opened (e.g., front page, table of contents page or first chapter page).
  
  
• Click the button.

By following these steps, you can design a cover with a logo, contact information or any additional comments for the PDF output in Alerts and DELIVERs. The cover can then be used on Alerts and DELIVERs created on any interface.

Note: When saving documents, it is also possible to have a personal front page for PDF output in DataStarWeb. In this case it is handled by a customized DataStarWeb and not by User ID.

Purge Search Steps in DataStarWeb

Previously it was possible to hide search sets in Advanced search on DataStarWeb but you could not purge steps or search strategies. Now you can delete all search sets and start again with Set 1 by clicking the new link . A screen displays so you can confirm the deletion before proceeding with the new search.

"Next Documents" in Dialog DataStarWeb

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You can now define the number of documents that will display when you click the button. Previously, only one document displayed.

On the Options page, select the number of documents to display from the drop-down box. The default setting is one. See Figure 2.

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