Use the Auto Complete tab to configure the Auto Complete and
Auto Expand features.
Auto Complete
- Enable Auto Complete
- Select the check box to turn on the Auto Complete feature.
- Use Words Collected from All Screens
- Select the check box to see suggestions from any data entered on any host screen.
Clear the check box to see suggestions from data in the current field only.
- Case Sensitive Matching
- Select the check box to see only suggestions which match the uppercase and/or
lowercase characters that are typed. Clear the check box to have Auto Complete ignore
the case of the typed characters.
- Wrap Text into Next Field
- Select the check box to make the data selected from a completion list wrap to the next
available field when it does not fit in the current field. Clear the check box to
truncate the selection at the end of the current field.
- Erase to End of Field after Inserting Auto Complete Word
- Select the check box to erase any text between the inserted Auto Complete word and the
end of the current field.
- Characters Typed before Completion List Shown
- Set the number of characters typed before the list of suggested words is displayed.
The default setting is 3.
- Maximum Number of Words in Completion List
- Set the maximum number of items to display in a particular list of suggested words.
The default setting is 5; the maximum setting is 12. Each completion list is sorted
alphabetically. If an item is not displaying in a completion list as expected, you may
need to increase this value, or type additional characters for the word to appear.
- Clear History
- Click to erase the Auto Complete history for the current session only. Since the Auto
Complete history is shared by all sessions, the file will not be modified. To completely
clear the Auto Complete history, you must remove the dictionary file
(autocomplete.dic) from the BlueZone working directory.
Note: Auto Complete is not available in hidden or non-display fields and does not provide
completion lists for these.
Auto Expand
- Enable Auto Expand
- Select the check box to turn on the Auto Expand feature.
- Add
- Click to open a window where you can add a new Auto Expand entry. Enter the
Abbreviation and the Expansion, then
press OK.
- Edit
- Select an existing Auto Expand entry from the list, and click
Edit to edit the Abbreviation and the
Expansion settings for that entry.
- Delete
- Select an existing Auto Expand entry from the list, and click
Delete to delete the selected entry.