ISearchScopeRule::get_PatternOrURL method (searchapi.h)

Gets the pattern or URL for the rule. The scope rules determine what URLs or paths to include or exclude.

Syntax

HRESULT get_PatternOrURL(
  [out, retval] LPWSTR *ppszPatternOrURL
);

Parameters

[out, retval] ppszPatternOrURL

Type: LPWSTR*

On return, contains the address of a pointer to a null-terminated, Unicode buffer that contains the pattern or URL string.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Remarks

A standard URL might look like this: outlookexpress://{User sid}/{Identity}/Inbox)

A pattern might look like this: file:///c:\documents and settings*\application data*

Only exclusion rules use patterns.

Windows 7 and later: Check out the CrawlScopeCommandLine code sample to see how to define command line options for Crawl Scope Manager (CSM) indexing operations.

Requirements