Searching¶

Panel search details¶

All text belonging to the panels will be searched: panel titles, labels for input options, headers, text in pull-down menus, and text in help balloons.

You can use the * and ? wildcards: the * matches anything, the ? matches any single character. The search string will be broken into words, and only results containing all words will be found. Use double quotes (”) around text to search for exactly that phrase. The words to search for are implicitly surrounded by * wildcards, so text matching will happen even in the middle of a word.

The names of the found panels will be listed. When you click on one of them, it will be activated. Options not matching the search string will be dimmed. If an option is not dimmed, it matches either directly, by it’s help text, or by the page title.

Use the arrows next to the search loupe to quickly loop through the found panels.

Key search details¶

To search for input fields that have to do with a particular input key, you can use the key search. To do this, start your search string with “key ” (without the quotes). This will restrict the panel search to find only items that set or change the matching key.

You can use the * and ? wildcards: the * matches anything, the ? matches any single character. The search string will be broken into words, and only results containing all words will be found. Use double quotes (”) around text to search for exactly that phrase. The words to search for are implicitly surrounded by * wildcards, so matching will happen even in the middle of a word.

For example, searching for

key integration

will show you what input options in the GUI will set the INTEGRATION key.

The names of the found panels will be listed. When you click on one of them, it will be activated. Options not matching the search string will be dimmed. If an option is not dimmed, it matches either directly, by it’s help text, or by the page title.

Use the arrows next to the search loupe to quickly loop through the found panels.

Documentation search details¶

The included documentation (in html format) will be searched using the Swish-e search engine. You will be searching for words. If you specify more you will get matches that contain both words, in any order.

The (shortened) titles of the found documentation pages will be listed. If you point at an item with your mouse, it will show the full title. Click on it to open that item with your default browser. Note that you will be viewing local documentation, not the SCM web site.

When staring, only the first 5 documentation matches will be shown. To view all results, click on the arrow on the right side of the ‘Documentation’ header in the search results. Click on the same arrow again to show only the first 5 results again.

You can use the * wildcard to match anything, but only at the end of an word. You can use the ? wildcard to match a single character, but NOT at the beginning of an word. You can also perform complex searches using logical operators (and, or, not) and parenthesis. If no operator is specified between words, the and operator is used (both words need to be found) Finally, you can search for an exact phrase using quotes.

For example: integration and not accuracy

integration or accuracy integration key “integration key”

The search will be restricted to the parts of the documentation relevant to the module you are using. Thus, when searching from ADFinput with ADF active, the BAND documentation will not be searched.

If you prefix your search with “all ” (without the quotes), all documentation will be searched.

For more information on Swish-e: http://swish-e.org/

Molecule search details¶

The included database of molecules will be searched. You can search for the IUPAC name, the molecule formula, the CAS number, and sometimes alternative names. Note that the CAS number search will often fail as only a few CAS numbers are included.

You can use the * and ? wildcards: the * matches anything, the ? matches any single character. The search string will be broken into words, and only results containing all words will be found. Use double quotes (”) around text to search for exactly that phrase. The words to search for are implicitly surrounded by * wildcards, so text matching will happen even in the middle of a word.

When you start your search string with “=” (an equal sign, no quotes), no wild cards will be added automatically.

When you move the mouse over one of the found molecules, you will get full details including the origin of the entry (optimized by ADF, or from the NCI database).

When you click on the desired search result, that particular molecule will be imported.