If you use the search from the masthead of the information center and you select one of
no search is performed but the search string you have entered is used to look up the appropriate command, message number or abend code, trace entry, resource name or system initialization parameter. If no matching entry is found an error message is displayed.
Similarly, if you are using the information center directly from the CD-ROM rather than installing it on your workstation or using it from a installation on a LAN drive, there will be no NetQuestion server to process search requests and Searches will not be displayed on the menu bar. The quick lookup, as described in the paragraph above, is, however, still available.
When using the API or SPI command lookup, the command can be entered in either upper or lower case and only enough of the command required to make it unique need be entered. If the character string entered does not make the command unique, a list of all commands beginning with the string you have entered will be displayed. For SPI commands, remember that each command consists of a verb and a noun: "SET FILE", for example.
When using the API or SPI parameter lookup, the parameter can be entered in either upper or lower case and only enough of the paremater required to make it unique need be entered. If the character string entered does not make the parameter unique, a list of all commands that have a parameter beginning with the string you have entered will be displayed.
The full message number, including the three-character product prefix, with or without the trailing severity indicator, or a four-character abend code must be entered in either upper or lower case.
The two-character domain abbreviation followed by the four-hexadecimal-digit trace identifier must be entered in either upper or lower case. Optionally a space can be left between the domain abbreviation and the trace identifier.
Enter the leading characters of the resource attribute name in upper or lower case.
Enter the leading characters of the system initialization parameter in upper or lower case.
Enter the leading characters of the term you want to find in either upper or lower case. A list of terms beginning with the string you have entered will be displayed.