NewtonTalk.net April 2009 archive: Re: [NTLK] Apple Newton Searc

From: Karen Tang <Karen_Tang_at_bstz.com>
Date: Tue Apr 21 2009 - 18:08:10 EDT

Hi Matej,

Thank you so much for the email. The question I posted is for my
research project.

According to my understanding, if I search a text string in a Newton
device, Newton provides a "find" button for the search.

1. Do the build-in Newton applications have any metadata for their data?

2. Do you mean the text search is full text based? Do you know any
articles or functions talk about this?

3. Can the third-party applications provide metadata for their data? If
they can, how do the third-party applications conduct the search?

Thanks.

Karen

-----Original Message-----
From: newtontalk-bounce@newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-bounce@newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of M. Horvat
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 1:48 PM
To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Apple Newton Search Question

Depends on what you're searching. All built-in applications, and also
most third-party ones, usually search all of their data. It also depends
on whether you're searching for text or for dates (most applications
don't support searching by date, and those that do usually search for
items whose creation date is equal to/larger than/smaller than the date
you entered).

-Matej Horvat

----- Original Message -----
Do anyone know when a search is conducted on an Apple Newton device,
whether the search is metadata based or full text based or both?

Karen

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