IixssoQuery::QueryToURL method

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Reads the properties of the query object and creates and creates the QueryString portion of a uniform resource locator (URL) string from their values.

Syntax

HRESULT QueryToURL(
  [out, retval] BSTR *ppwszQuery
);

Parameters

ppwszQuery [out, retval]

The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) QueryString, which uses certain combinations of character escape sequences for unprintable characters to be used in a URL (for example, "Now" would be %22Now%22).

Return value

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

Remarks

Properties read from the query object include Catalog, SortBy, GroupBy, Query, MaxRecords, and AllowEnumeration.

Examples

' Take the current property settings on the query object for
'   Q.Query = "Change Notification"
'   Q.SortBy = "rank[d]"
'   Q.Dialect = "1"
'   create an URL version
Dim strURL As String
strURL = Q.QueryToURL( )
Debug.Print "URL Version = " + strURL
' Output is:
'   URL Version = di=1&so=Rank%5Bd%%5D&qu=Change+Notification

Requirements

See also

IixssoQuery