Yes but I don't see how this is not possible with an all-fields search. Select "All Fields" in the drop down, and it should work. If it doesn't, don't hesitate to post again and I'll try to see what's going on, but I just tested it by searching for strings only found in Notes, and it works fine here. Let us know.
Edit: One thing I just thought about: are you looking for several strings at the same time (in a single search, like Support and Oracle for someone in the Support department who's responsible for the Oracle setup)? That might be borked, and I'm going ot test it now.
More edit: what version are you running? We fixed a bug a while ago where "All Fields" was lying, and searching only in the displayed fields (whoever came up with that deserves to be taken behind the barn and shot, but that's another story).
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ev1l,
You're a genius. Here's what I found. If I select 'All Fields', and I start typing in the search field, against a non-filtered list (All contacts), the app does indeed search the Notes regardless of whether or not that Field is part of my current View. The only drawback is that it only searches the Notes Field starting from the first character in the Notes field.
So for instance if I have 3 contacts who have the following in their Notes field
Watch repairman
Watch maker
Watch dealer
If I enter repairman in the search field, none of these will show up. But if I start my search string with watch, then all three will show up. Not the "best" way, but certainly something I can work around and with!!! Thanks for the idea, and it just goes to show that I need to spend more time experimenting. This is still a great app imho! Thank you!
Now where would you like me to send those stray cats?
btw, I'm running 2.0.14 on the Sharp ROM.
Best Regards,
gdog