BEA Documentation Search Tips

• Select the type of documents to search by using the "Search in:" pull-down menu.
• Enter one or more keywords.
• Searches are not case sensitive.
• Do not use "quotes" around keywords.
• You can enter multiple keywords, such as activation policy; or, you can enter a Boolean expression, using AND or OR.
• Multiple keywords entered without a Boolean use the AND expression. Thus, entering activation policy is the same as entering activation AND policy.
• After entering the query, click the Find button or the Enter key.
• If matches are listed, click a matched entry to go to the file.
• You can use an expression like building OR applications to find pages containing either keyword.
• You can also use parentheses in Boolean expressions. For example, you can enter (framework and IDL) OR Bankapp.
• You can use the asterisk (*) as a suffix wildcard character in keywords. For example, enter com.beasys.* to find pages with keywords such as com.beasys.Tobj or com.beasys.Tobj_Servant or com.beasys.Tobj.CannotProceed.
• If no matches are found, reword your query and try again.
• If you checked the Highlight keywords option, keywords are highlighted in red text in the found document.
• If you checked the Show navigation controls option, found documents contain controls for navigation among keywords. For example, if you search for ubbconfig, each occurrence includes previous and next link markers:   «ubbconfig»   This is useful for finding words in long documents.
• The Highlight Keywords feature on this search page works in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x, but might not work properly in Netscape 4.x. Netscape users: please use the search applet that is supported for your browser, or disable the Highlight Keywords and Show navigation controls options on this search page.
• In a found document that is accessed via the Search Results list, with Highlight Keywords enabled, the links to the TABLE OF CONTENTS window and the INDEX window will not work properly. This happens because the found documents with keyword highlighting are created dynamically and exist at a different level in the documentation's hierarchy. However, you can click the NEXT TOPIC link, then the PREVIOUS TOPIC link, and the topic should have the context it needs to launch the Contents or Index window.
• On some UNIX platforms, you may encounter a browser error similar to the following:
  
  Unable to start a java applet: Can't find 'java40.jar' in your CLASSPATH. Read the release notes and install 'java40.jar' properly before restarting.
  
  If the search applet does not work on your UNIX platform, try using the latest Netscape browser for the platform and add the Netscape Java Archive (JAR) file to your CLASSPATH environment variable. The path to the JAR file is in the directory in which you installed Netscape. For example:
  
  CLASSPATH=mytools/netscape/communicator/program/java/classes/java40.jar
  
  After you revise the CLASSPATH, exit Netscape and then restart Netscape in the updated environment. When you access the search page, the search feature should work properly.