Search Engine

The Search Engine action uses input from a predefined search string or viewer input from a form, and opens a new browser window that contains the search engine results.

Trigger the action with a browser-triggered event set to OnLoad, a user-triggered event, or a timeline-triggered event. User-triggered events can be attached to form objects, a submit button, or a form event. (If your action is using viewer input from a form, first create a form and name it, and then choose the trigger.) If the action is attached to a text field, trigger the action with the Key Blur event. If the action is attached to a Text Area field, trigger the action with the Text Change event. Choose Action > Others > Search Engine, and do one of the following:

• To use input from a predefined search string, leave the Form Name and Field Name blank. Select Define Your Own Search String, and enter a text string with a plus sign (+) between each word.
• To use viewer input from a form, enter the name of the form, and the name of the field that will gather the search string. Make sure that Define Your Own Search String is not selected.

Choose a search engine from the Use This Search Engine menu. If you want the search engine results to display in an existing window or frame, enter the window or frame name.

To display search results from multiple search engines, add a new Search Engine action for each desired search engine. If you triggered the first Search Engine action with a user-triggered event, use the same trigger.