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IScopeAdm interface

[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.]

Manages a scope definition for a catalog within Indexing Service. Use scope objects to force rescans and modify logon information for remote scopes. A scope defines a path to a local, remote, or virtual directory. You can create scope objects through the AddScope, GetScopeByPath, or GetScopeByAlias methods of ICatAdm.

Members

The IScopeAdm interface inherits from the IDispatch interface. IScopeAdm also has these types of members:

Methods

The IScopeAdm interface has these methods.

Method Description
Rescan Triggers a full or incremental rescan.
SetLogonInfo Sets name, password pair.

 

Properties

The IScopeAdm interface has these properties.

Property Access type Description
Alias
Read/write
The friendly name for the scope object.
ExcludeScope
Read/write
Indicates whether to index this scope.
Logon
Read-only
The logon name.
Path
Read/write
The case-insensitive scope path to the directory to be indexed.
VirtualScope
Read-only
Indicates whether this scope is a virtual path.

 

Remarks

Scope objects can be created only through the defined methods of ICatAdm.

Requirements

Minimum supported client
Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server
Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
End of client support
Windows 7
End of server support
Windows Server 2008 R2