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| <H1>Searching for features</H1> |
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| <p>To search for features by running queries (ordinarily requires web |
| access):</p> |
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| <li>Open the main update manager by clicking <b>Help</b> > <b>Software Updates</b> > |
| <b>Update Manager</b>. This opens the update manager perspective.</li> |
| <li>In the Feature Updates view, select the built-in <b>Available Updates</b> |
| query, or create a new query object using the view's context menu |
| <b>New</b> > <b>Search</b>.</li> |
| <li>If creating a new query, in the New Search dialog that opens, |
| give the query a name, select the query category, and optionally select |
| a folder that is to contain the query. The selected query category |
| determines what query settings can be specified. The following categories |
| are supported:</li> |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Available Updates</b> allows search for available updates to selected features.</li> |
| <li><b>Regular Expression</b> allows search for features using expression matching.</li> |
| <li><b>Plug-ins in Features</b> allows search for features containing specified plug-ins.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <li>Select the query in the Feature Updates view.</li> |
| <li>The Preview shows the query details. Expand the <b>Query Settings</b>.</li> |
| <li>For <b>Available Updates</b> query, select one or more installed feature |
| to search for. |
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| <img |
| src="../images/Image35umd_prevusearchnew.gif" alt="Available Updates Query" width="594" height="474" border="0" align="top"> |
| </li> |
| <li>For <b>Regular Expression</b> query, specify the values you want |
| to search for. |
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| <img |
| src="../images/Image35umd_prevusearchrx.gif" alt="Regular Expression Query" width="583" height="392" border="0" align="top"> |
| </li> |
| <li>For <b>Plug-ins in features</b> query, use the Add or Delete buttons |
| to specify the plug-ins to search for. When adding plug-ins to the list |
| enter the plug-in identifier and version into the Add dialog. |
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| <img |
| src="../images/Image35umd_prevusearchplugin.gif" alt="Plug-ins in Features Query" width="583" height="392" border="0" align="top"> |
| </li> |
| <li>Expand the <b>Scope Settings</b> and select the targets to search.</li> |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Include My Computer in search</b> will cause the selected |
| local roots to be searched for local update sites containing features</li> |
| <li><b>Search sites in "Sites to Visit" folder</b> will cause the |
| preconfigured sites to be searched</li> |
| <li><b>Search bookmarked sites</b> will cause bookmarked sites to |
| be searched</li> |
| <li><b>Only include features applicable to this environment</b> will |
| only consider features that match the current runtime environment |
| to be included in the results</li> |
| <li>Note, that Available Updates queries always search the update |
| sites that are specified as part of the feature definitions</li> |
| </ul> |
| <li>Click <b>Search Now</b> to trigger the search. The search runs asynchronously, |
| so the workbench UI remain responsive. Search results are accumulated in the Preview view, as well as being shown as children of the query object |
| in the Feature Updates view.</li> |
| <li>To install one of the located features, select the feature in the |
| search result list, or the Feature Updates view, and click the |
| Install or Update button.</li> |
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| <img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.gif" alt="Related concepts" width="159" height="27"> |
| <br><a href="../concepts/concepts-25.htm">Features</a> |
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| <img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.gif" alt="Related tasks" width="159" height="27"> |
| <br><a href="tasks-34.htm">Installing new features with the update manager</a> |
| <br><a href="tasks-36.htm">Updating features with the update manager</a> |
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