To search for records that meet a user-defined condition:
Select the required table with the Table option and display any record. If you are unsure about the names of the fields you wish to use in your search condition, use the View option to display field names in place of field headings
Select the Cond option. Enter the condition you require in the Search Condition Entry window that is displayed. For example, if the CUSTOMER table is currently selected, the following condition allows you to scan customers whose names begin with "S":
NAME [1]="S"
You are restricted to fields in the current table. See the QAB or Report Writer Developers Manual for how to construct formulas.
Press <Tab> to save the condition and continue
To start the search, select the Scan option and use the cursor to browse the records in the direction you wish to search. Records which do not meet the condition are quickly scrolled through until one that does is displayed
If the search takes too long or you think you made a mistake in the condition, you can interrupt the search by pressing <Esc>. If you are running on Windows the search will probably be quite a lot quicker if you minimise the application for a while.