Getting the Scopes

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Indexing Service is no longer supported as of Windows XP and is unavailable for use as of Windows 8. Instead, use Windows Search for client side search and Microsoft Search Server Express for server side search.

 

This code segment uses the GetCatalogByName method of the gCiAdmin AdminIndexServer object to create CiCatalog, a CatAdm object. It then uses the FindFirstScope and FindNextScope methods of the CiCatalog CatAdm object to enumerate all scopes of the catalog. For each found scope, it uses the GetScope method of the CiCatalog CatAdm object to create CiScope, a ScopeAdm object. It then adds the Path and other properties of the CiScope ScopeAdm object to the list view on the form that describes the scopes of a selected catalog. The MakeScopesColumns procedure is called whenever a catalog is selected in the tree view of the form.

Private Sub MakeScopesColumns(ByVal CatalogName As String)

...
    Dim CiCatalog As Object
    Dim CiScope As Object
    Dim fFound As Boolean
    Dim lItem As ListItem

    ' Get Indexing Service catalog object, then enumerate its scopes.
    Set CiCatalog = gCiAdmin.GetCatalogByName(CatalogName)

    fFound = CiCatalog.FindFirstScope
    While (fFound)
        Set CiScope = CiCatalog.GetScope()

        Set lItem = ListView1.ListItems.Add(, , CiScope.Path)

        lItem.SubItems(1) = CiScope.Alias
        lItem.SubItems(3) = CiScope.VirtualScope
        lItem.Tag = CiCatalog.CatalogName

        If CiScope.ExcludeScope Then
            lItem.SubItems(2) = False
        Else
            lItem.SubItems(2) = True
        End If

        fFound = CiCatalog.FindNextScope

        Set CiScope = Nothing
        Set lItem = Nothing
    Wend
...
End Sub