Victor Loberger wrote in a message to Dave Garland:
 VL> Hi Dave,
 DG> You mean, "current area" instead of them all?  I'm just curious 
 DG> as to what about file_locate's behavior you don't like.  
 DG> Personally, while I think that msg_browse is an incredibly 
 DG> powerful tool, most users seem to find it a bit too complicated 
 DG> to figure out.
 VL>         Well, I won't argue the point about msg_browse being 
 VL> too complicated to figure out.  Crumbs, switching message areas 
 VL> is too complicated for some of my users!  8-)
You have some of those too,   eh?  :-)
 VL>         I really didn't say I didn't like the file_locate 
 VL> behavior.  I just think it could be improved upon, if even 
 VL> slightly.  What I would find very useful would be the addition 
 VL> of at least an "and/or" option to limit or expand the search.  
 VL> For instance, suppose I want a listing of all the Warcraft 
 VL> files in the file collection.  Some descriptions have it as 
 VL> "War Craft" and others as "Warcraft."  It'd be nice to be able 
 VL> to search for "Warcraft" and "War Craft."  Of course, you could 
 VL> search for just "craft", but you'd also get the needlepoint 
 VL> patterns. 8-)  This really wasn't the best example, but it's 
 VL> the best I could come up with right now.  I know that I've had 
 VL> users ask if it was possible to search for two things at one 
 VL> time.  The answer is "no," unless I've missed something real
 VL> obvious. 
 VL>         I hope that explains what I mean a little better. It 
 VL> wasn't meant as a criticism, but only as a suggestion for a 
 VL> possible enhancement.  I know I would really appreciate it!  
 VL> 8-)  BTW, I wonder if it could be done in MEX.  I wouldn't 
 VL> doubt it.
This is an interesting point...
Search capabilities are a heck of a balance,  usually.  On the one hand you 
want ease of use,  and on the other you want powerful capabilities,  and it's 
no easy task to give both at the same time.
Perhaps one thing to try when looking at how this might be done is to take a 
look at a lot of the "easy to use" database packages and see what they offer 
in this regard.  It might be a good source for some ideas,  anyhow.
Perhaps it would even be possible to use one of the database doors that are 
out there to implement what you want,  they might already even have the 
capability built in that you're looking for.  Getting a list of tagged files 
passed back to max would be a neat trick,  too.  
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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