Wildcard expressions

In Help, you can search for words or phrases in the index using wildcard expressions. Wildcard expressions allow you to search for one or more characters using a question mark or asterisk. The following table describes the results of this search method.

Search for Example Results

A single word

display

Topics that contain the word "display".

A phrase

display property

Topics that contain the literal phrase "display property" and all its grammatical variations.

 

Wildcard expressions

field* or role?property

Topics that contain the terms "field", "fields", and so on. The asterisk cannot be the only character in the term.

Topics that contain the terms "Role.Name Property," "Role.RoleID Property," and so on. The question mark cannot be the only character in the term.