Using the ASCET Help

The ASCET help provides detailed information about ASCET, ASCET add-ons, and hardware configurations.

From any ASCET window, select Help > Contents to open the ASCET help or press <F1> to get context-sensitive help on the currently open window.

Browser settings may differ from computer to computer, and therefore the behavior of the various browsers may vary when using the ASCET help. For example, some browsers may fail to display the ASCET Help correctly.

If you have trouble displaying the ASCET help, try the following:

Check if the cookie setting of the browser is enabled.
Open the ASCET help with another browser, for example, Mozilla Firefox.

The ASCEThelp HTM files are located in the following folder: <ASCET installation directory>\Help

By default, <ASCET installation directory> is C:\ETAS\ASCET\6.4.

Using ASCET Help Buttons

	Expand all Expands all drop-down menus in the ASCET Help main window.
	Collapse all Collapses all drop-down menus in the ASCET Help main window.
	Remove highlights Removes the highlighting in the ASCET help main window. These are only displayed if you have previously performed a search via the search field and opened a corresponding topic.
	Print Prints the content of the ASCET Help main window.

Search Methods and Syntax

In the ASCET Help search field, you have several options for specifying your search:

Full-Text Search

The ASCET help scans all of the target content and creates a database index for search. When you enter a search query, the search engine in the index retrieves a list of topics with matches. The ASCET help search results include these matches:

Case-insensitive matches:
Search is not case-sensitive. For example, a search for the word "run" will find matches for "Run" and "run."
Matches with variant endings:
For example, a search for the word "run" will also find matches for words such as, "runner," "running," and "runs." Since matches are not case-sensitive, the results will include topics containing matches such as, "Runner," "Running," and "Runs."

Phrase Search

You can search for phrases by enclosing their search terms in quotation marks. This is useful when you want to restrict a search to locate terms that appear in an exact order. For example, you might want to search for a phrase such as "measure variable".

Boolean Operators

The ASCET help search supports Boolean operators, such as AND, OR, NOT, and ( ).

Use parentheses to combine Boolean phrases and search terms. Type parentheses ( ) around the combined terms.