Using search expressions in generated WebHelp

[Pohutukawa]

I've been looking throughout the Flare online Help as well as this forum, but I cannot locate information regarding the use of search expressions (such as, AND, OR, NOT) in Flare-generated WebHelp.

I can get the AND expression to work. For example, the search criteria "error AND address" returns topics that contain both error and address.

However, if I enter "error NOT address", I get the same results. That is, the search facility ignores NOT. It doesn't even find NOT, even though I am not searching for NOT. Perhaps paradoxically, it appears that Search is properly not searching for NOT, but it is ignoring the expression, regardless.

How do I get search expressions to work, please?

Thank you

[eddie]

Hi, I am new with Flare but I found this in the knowledge Base.
http://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Content/Flare/Output Types/WebHelp/OUTW1011F_-_Using_Booleans_in_Search.htm

I hope it helps

Cheers

[Pohutukawa]

Thank you. I should have search for Boolean, and I forgot to search the Knowledge Base.

Thank you very much.

[Pohutukawa]

I just tried some of the searches using Boolean expressions, and the NOT or ! expression appears to be failing.

If I enter message AND address, I correctly get topics that contain both terms.

If I enter message ! address, I incorrectly get topics that contain both terms. I should not have gotten results with the term address.

If I enter message NOT address, I incorrectly get topics that contain both terms. I should not have gotten results with the term address.

If I enter message (! address), I incorrectly get topics that contain both terms. I should not have gotten results with the term address.

Only if I enter message ^ address do I get the expected results. That is, topics that contain message but not also address.

Is this a bug, or am I misunderstanding something rather profound?

Thank you