Windows Desktop Search 2. Windows). Instead, use Windows Search. Additionally, WDS can return results from multiple data sources all in a Windows Explorer environment so your users can quickly preview, filter, and act on search results. WDS indexes data within a given crawl scope, the specified locations within a local computer and shared network that the Indexer should crawl. This crawl scope can be controlled by user- set options, management APIs, and Group Policies, which network administrators can configure to control user access permissions and indexing settings. Group Policies can restrict access to certain network resources as well as define resources to be indexed. Users can also specify new files and locations for the Indexer to include (or exclude) in successive crawls.
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Each included location is identified by URL, and the Indexer will start at that URL and recursively iterate through any subfolders or locations until all items have been indexed. A scope is a set of URLs. The management APIs can be used by custom applications to define their crawl scope, a set of URLs pointing to paths within a protocol such as file: // for folders on a drive or mapi: // for MAPI email stores like Outlook. WDS uses protocol handlers to access the data stores and filters to parse and index the items text and properties. This data is then stored in the catalog. The contents of the catalog are based on options and rules set by WDS, applications built on the WDS platform, user preferences and group policies.
There are over 2. For a list of these properties, see the WDS. The same kinds of searches can also be initiated from the command- line, from a webpage, or from a custom application. The WDS Search Engine locates items matching the search criteria and returns them as Microsoft Active. X Data Objects (ADO) result sets. WDS displays items matching the search criteria and can present a rich preview of the item.
You can create applications to intercept the search query, perform the search, and/or display the result set. Developing with WDSThere are two primary types of integration with WDS: adding data to the index and querying the contents of the index to retrieve records matching search criteria. A group of files in My Documents is a simple file system store. WDS can search information in the files stored in such a file system if it can locate a filter for the file type. You can enable WDS to index a new proprietary file type if you provide an implementation of the IFilterinterface for that file type.
For example, if you have a mail client that stores its list of received email in its own file (such as PST files in Outlook), you can provide a protocol handler to index and search each individual email by providing a protocol handler. If the data store is hierarchical, you will also need to implement an IFilterinterface to enumerate the items in the store. If you already have filters installed for proprietary file types, WDS can use the existing filter interfaces to index this data. Results are returned as ADO record sets. There are four ways to incorporate WDS queries into an application, each offering various levels of customization and robustness. These APIs are available for native and managed code. WDS Active. X Control - This control draws the WDS search interface and manages searching and displaying results.
This method is easier than using the APIs but is less flexible. To use this control in a Microsoft Visual Studio application, go to the Choose Toolbox Items dialog from the Tools menu and add . Then add the control to the form you want to include it on.
The WDS Active. X control is compatible with WDS 2. Windows. This will open a WDS window with the results displayed. This is the easiest way to add search to an application but does not return to the calling application any information about what the user does within the WDS window.
WDS. After validating the webpages URL against the WDS domain safe list, WDS will either execute the query and display the results using the standard search interface, or pass the query on to the registered search application. Users can use Advanced Query Syntax to query the catalog more powerfully by controlling the scope of searches and combining search parameters with Boolean operators. For example, a user could search for an attachment in an email from John that includes either . WDS is a separate download available from Microsoft for free for personal and business use. It must be installed and in use for indexing the user account before applications built for WDS 2. To include your email messages in the catalog, you must have either Microsoft. Minimum Pentium 5.
MHz processor (1 GHz recommended). Minimum 1. 28 MB of RAM (2.
MB recommended). 5. MB of free hard disk space recommended. The size of your index depends on how much content you have indexed. Related Topics. Querying the Index. Extending the Index (Overview)General References.