Support : Dialog Search Aids : Successful Searching : PRINT : DIALOG ERA Options

PRINT (continued)

PRINT Command Options (continued)

Dialog ERA™ (Electronic Redistribution and Archiving) Options (continued)

OneSearch^®
All of the Dialog ERA options are available using OneSearch. If there are files in your OneSearch that do not support these options, a system message will warn you that the Dialog output being generated will not include output from these files. Enter HELP NOERA at the Dialog prompt for a list of files not participating in Dialog ERA.

Tracking Records After the Initial Search
The "after-the-fact" feature allows you to record information about records you have copied, distributed, or archived. Simply enter REDIST or ARCHIVE by itself in any file and supply the answers to the prompted questions. This information can also be entered on a single command line:

REDIST File n/Format n/n Items/n Copies
REDIST File n/Format n/n Items/n Copies/Accession number,Accession number
ARCHIVE File n/Format n/n Items/n Users
ARCHIVE File n/Format n/n Items/n Users/Accession number,Accession number

Redistribution and archival costs will be displayed in the Dialog cost estimator, which appears when you change files, enter LOGOFF or LOGOFF HOLD, or when you enter a COST command. These charges will also appear on your invoice.

The following example shows an ERA "after-the-search" report. This example is reporting an archive of records from File 47, in Format 9, 2 items, 50 users, accession numbers 12345678 and 87654321.

• To use the "after-the-fact" feature after the initial search:

?archive 47/9/2/50/12345678,87654321 
Archive estimated cost: $12.00
Transaction listed with file 47 in cost estimator

FROM Option
If using FROM in a OneSearch session, you must enter the FROM option as the last part of your command line. For example,

  PRINT S2/5/ALL ARCHIVE 75 ADDR ABSMITH FROM 14

grants you the right to archive all items in set S2 in Format 5 from File 14 sent to alternate address ABSMITH for access by 75 members of your organization.

Dialog Alert Service
The COPIES, REDIST, and ARCHIVE options can be used with the Dialog Alert service. Simply include the desired option with the Dialog Alert PRINT statement.

For online information and a list of participating files, enter HELP ERA. Enter HELP RATES n (where n is the file number) to determine REDIST, ARCHIVE, and COPIES charges.

PRINTing Images Via Email for Alerts
If you are setting up an Alert in a database that includes images in its records and your email software uses file attachments, we recommend including HTML in the PRINT command. This will produce Alert output with the images displayed in the body of the email message. (If you do not specify HTML, the images will be sent as separately attached files and references such as <p align=center><img src="458-047357-1.png"></p> will display in the message.)

?print s4/19/all html address ademail3

(OneSearch Options) 

top