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EDIT

The Dialog Online Editor allows you to create and edit SearchSaves and Dialog Alert strategies, customize your Dialog profile, and store ADDRESSes for offline print and DIALORDER deliveries. The EDIT command can be used in any database.

To create a new SearchSave or Alert, enter the EDIT command alone. If using EDIT to create an Alert while in a file other than the files in which it is to be run, be sure to use the FROM option when entering SAVE ALERT to designate the correct databases.

To edit an existing SearchSave or Alert, enter EDIT followed by the name or serial number of the SearchSave/Alert.

The Online Editor has two modes:

In Edit mode, enter any of the 10 EDIT commands at the EDIT: prompt.

In Input mode, enter new text at the INPUT: prompt.

To move from Edit mode to Input mode, type INSERT at the EDIT: prompt. To move from Input mode to Edit mode, press the enter key twice at the INPUT: prompt.

The 10 EDIT commands are listed below and described in more detail in the next several sections:

For online help using the Online Editor, enter HELP followed by any of the EDIT commands at the EDIT mode prompt.

?help renum

The RENUM Command in the Online Editor (HELP EDRENUM) Use the RENUM command (abbreviated R) to renumber the lines of the file you are editing. If you have altered your file by moving text, creating new lines numbers, or deleting old numbers, you can renumber the file in increments of 10 by simply entering the command RENUM. If you wish to reset the increment by which lines are numbered, enter the RENUM command followed by the number by which you wish to increment the lines.

RENUM 20 (renumber the lines in increments of 20)
EDIT:
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Note: The Online Editor does not validate the format of your search strategy, so be sure that your commands conform to standard Dialog requirements. You may wish to execute your SearchSave to be sure it runs correctly.

• To create a new SearchSave using the Online Editor:

?edit
Editor entered
Name:            *NEW*
Total lines:         0
Line increment:     10
Last line:           0
INPUT:              10
?select bookstore? or bookseller?
INPUT: 20
?select used or antiquarian
INPUT:  30
?select new(w)york or london or paris
INPUT: 40
?select s1 and s2 and s3
INPUT: 50
?<enter>
Returning to EDIT mode
EDIT:
?list
  10. SELECT BOOKSTORE? OR BOOKSELLER?
  20. SELECT USED OR ANTIQUARIAN
  30. SELECT NEW(W)YORK OR LONDON OR PARIS
  40. SELECT S1 AND S2 AND S3
EDIT:
?save temp books
Temp Search-save   "TABOOKS" stored
Exit from editor

• To edit an existing SearchSave:

?edit sbburn
Editor entered
Name: SBBURN
Total lines:       4
Line increment:   10
Last line:        40
EDIT:

?list
  10. S STRESS
  20. S BURNOUT OR BURN(W)OUT OR DEPRESSION
  30. S PSYCHOLOGY
  40. S S1 AND S2 AND S3
EDIT:

Usage Notes

DialogClassic Web: The EDIT command displays a dialog box window in which text is entered or revised. Click the Save button to save the new or revised file.

DialogLink 5: The EDIT command must be followed by the name of an existing SearchSave or Alert. The EDIT command displays a dialog box window in which text is entered or revised. Click the Save button to save the new or revised file. DialogLink 5 does not support EDIT PROFILE. Profile settings can be changed in Configuration > Settings > Searcher > Edit > Preferences.

DialogClassic, DialogWeb—Command: The EDIT command can be used in any database except DIALINDEX^® (File 411).

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