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Ann Farny writes:
>  
>  WAISStation 0.6.2 seems to have its maximum results returned
>  setting at 15.  This is very limiting.  Is there any way to
>  increase this?  I am guessing that the "Preferences" menu option,
>  under the File menu, would let me change the setting, but 
>  "Preferences" is always shaded and never seems to be available.
>  
>  Any suggestions?

Yes.  This value is an attribute of the *server*.  It's settable via
WAIStation's Source editor.

-jwh
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In article <HARDIN.92Dec23060101@dino.mcc.com> hardin@dino.mcc.com (John Hardin) writes:
>Ann Farny writes:
>>  
>>  WAISStation 0.6.2 seems to have its maximum results returned
>>  setting at 15.  This is very limiting.  Is there any way to
>>  increase this?  I am guessing that the "Preferences" menu option,
>>  under the File menu, would let me change the setting, but 
>>  "Preferences" is always shaded and never seems to be available.
>>  
>>  Any suggestions?
>
>Yes.  This value is an attribute of the *server*.  It's settable via
>WAIStation's Source editor.
>
>-jwh
>--

Why isn't this up to the user (client)?  I use XWAIS rather than the 
WAIStation, but that also has no mechanism to change the number of 
documents returned.

Bob

In article <58005@dime.cs.umass.edu> krovetz@cs.umass.edu (Bob Krovetz) writes:
>In article <HARDIN.92Dec23060101@dino.mcc.com> hardin@dino.mcc.com (John Hardin) writes:
>>Ann Farny writes:
>>>  
>>>  WAISStation 0.6.2 seems to have its maximum results returned
>>>  setting at 15.  This is very limiting.  Is there any way to
>>>  increase this?  I am guessing that the "Preferences" menu option,
>>>  under the File menu, would let me change the setting, but 
>>>  "Preferences" is always shaded and never seems to be available.
>>>  
>>>  Any suggestions?
>>
>>Yes.  This value is an attribute of the *server*.  It's settable via
>>WAIStation's Source editor.
>>
>>-jwh
>>--
>
>Why isn't this up to the user (client)?  I use XWAIS rather than the 
>WAIStation, but that also has no mechanism to change the number of 
>documents returned.
>
>Bob
>
>

For WAIStation - Open the source of interest (from either the
"Sources" pull down menu of WAIStation or by double clicking
on the source file itself) and look in the lower right hand
corner of the source - you will see a field called
"Number of Documents" and a number beside it (15).  If you place your
pointer on this number and hold down the mouse button - a little
window will pop up  - allowing you to change the number of
documents returned from 15 to 50. Thus the user/client CAN change the
number of documents returned (up to 50 anyway).

For XWAIS - if you are using wais-8b5 (not sure about wais-8b4) or later, 
open a question and look at the boxes down the left hand side of the question 
window - you'll see one marked "Prefs".  Click on the Prefs box  and look at 
the resulting options.  One of the options is "Maximum Results" - set that 
variable to the number of documents you want to retrieved from each search, 
I often set it at about 200.  If you are using the X-client from wais-8b3 or 
so it doesn't have this option.  You can either hack the number of results 
retrieved into the code or you can get wais-8b5(+)  (better option).

Happy Holidays,

Dan Jacobson

danj@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu