Using the JObjects Search Engine

General Information

The search engine used on this tutorial is the QuestAgent Pro version 4.0.9. from JObjects (http://www.jobjects.com/). It uses a Java applet interface to query a pre-generated index of terms derived from the full text of all tutorial pages on the tutorial. The applet and index are licensed to Anonymous and Associates for use with the Networking tutorial and may not be copied or redistributed for other purposes. See the for more information about restrictions on the content of this tutorial.

Requirements

The search engine works with any Java-enabled browser supporting version Java 1.1.2 or later. It has been tested with Explorer 4.5 and Netscape 4.1 on Windows, Windows 98, Windows, Windows, XP Pro, Solaris, Linux, and Macintosh 8.5 operating systems. We have seen errors running the search engine on Linux and Slackware using the Mozilla browser.

Special Characters

Instructions

Search for a term in one tutorial

1. Open the search engine's web page on the tutorial by clicking on the SEARCH button in the top right-hand corner of any page in the tutorial, or on the search link on the tutorial's home page.
2. Select the text box at the top of the search interface window and type in a term.
3. Click the Search button.
4. The text box at the bottom of the interface window will show all matching results by filename.
5. Highlight a link in the text box and click the View button on the top right of the search engine window. You can also just double-click on a link in the text box. (Note for Linux users: if left-clicking on the link doesn't work, either double right-click or use the View button.)

Search for a term in all tutorials

1. Open the Search All Six Books link from the CD home page. The CD title appears in the "Search in" window.
2. Select the text box at the top of the search interface window and type in a term.
3. Click the Search button.
4. The text box at the bottom of the interface window will show all matching results by filename, followed by the tutorial title.
5. Highlight a link in the text box and click the View button on the top right of the search engine window. You can also just double-click on a link in the text box. (Note for Linux users: if left-clicking on the link doesn't work, either double right-click or use the View button.)

Multiple terms and Boolean operators in searches

The QuestAgent Pro search engine understands simple "boolean operations." By default, if you type multiple terms separated by spaces, they will be treated as arguments to an AND. In other words, every matching file will have to contain all the terms.

Alternatively, you can insert the word "OR" between each term if you are interested in files that contain any of the terms.

The word "NOT" can be used before a term to require that it not be present in the files.

Parentheses can be used to group terms and operators.

Other functionality

Select the popup menu to the right of the text field to select a maximum number of results to display.

The field selector does not currently contain any items to narrow searching. Future tutorials may use this feature, however.