Use this dialog box to specify a name to add to the Inventoried names list. You can add a new entry to the Inventoried names list up to 50 characters long. Wildcard characters can be used to match variations of a name.

The Inventory Name Properties dialog box contains the following elements:

Inventory Name

Allows you to add a new entry to the Inventoried names list up to 50 characters long. You can use wildcard characters to match variations of a name.
OK

Saves any changes and exits the dialog box.
Cancel

Exits the dialog box without saving any changes.
Help

Opens the help topic for this tab of the dialog box.

Using Wildcard Characters

You can use the following wildcard characters:

Wildcard Searches for

% (percent sign)

Any string of zero or more characters.

For example: Mo% searches for all names that begin with the letters mo (Mom, Morgan), %mo searches for all names that end with mo (Satchmo), and %mo% searches for all names that include mo (Mom, Satchmo, tomorrow).

_ (underscore)

Any single character.

For example: _ill searches for any four-letter names ending with the letters ill (Mill, Will)

[] (brackets)

Any single character within the specified range.

For example: [HD]an[eo]n searches for all names that begin with H or D, then an, then e or o, and then end with n (Hanson, Hansen, Danson, Dansen); [B-K]enson searches for all names ending with enson that begin with any single letter from B through K (Benson, Jenson)

[^] (caret)

Any single character not within the specified range.

For example: M[^c]% searches for all names beginning with the letter M that do not have the letter c as the second letter (MacPherson)

To use the %, _, [], or [^] characters as literal characters instead of wildcard characters, do the following:

Use square brackets around the percent sign, the underscore, and the open bracket [%], [_], and [[].

For example:

  • 5[%] searches for 5%

  • [_]n searches for _n

  • [[] searches for [

Use the close bracket by itself.

For example:

  • ] searches for ]

Use the dash as the first character inside a set of square brackets.

For example:

  • [-acdf] searches for -, a, c, d, or f

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