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ScopeUrl

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ScopeUrl specifies the URL for the search provider.

To find the URL for a search provider:

  1. Open Internet Explorer.

  2. Open the provider's web page where the web search is performed.

  3. Search on the word TEST. Note the new URL that appears.

  4. Optional: In the address bar, remove any obvious extra characters from the resulting URL. Search again, and repeat, until you have the minimum URL required for searching.

    Example: http://search.fabrikam.com/results.aspx?q="TEST"&language=en: remove language=en to become http://search.fabrikam.com/results.aspx?q="TEST"

  5. Copy the URL, and paste it into .

  6. Replace TEST with {searchTerms}.

    Example: http://search.fabrikam.com/results.aspx?q="TEST" becomes http://search.fabrikam.com/results.aspx?q="{searchTerms}"

  7. Replace XML-reserved characters: < > " ' &. See the table below, XML-Reserved Characters, for a list of replacement characters.

    Example: http://search.fabrikam.com/results.aspx?q="{searchTerms}" becomes http://search.fabrikam.com/results.aspx?q=&quot;{searchTerms}&quot;

  8. Copy the URL and paste it into Windows System Image Manager.

XML-Reserved Characters:

Replace this character With this text

>

&gt;

<

&lt;

"

&quot;

'

&apos;

&

&amp;

Values

URL

Specifies the URL for the search provider. URL is a string.

This string type does not support empty elements. Do not create an empty value for this setting.

Valid Configuration Passes

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer | SearchScopes | Scope | ScopeUrl

Applies To

For a list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set search providers.

<SearchScopes>
   <Scope wcm:action="add">
      <ScopeDefault>true</ScopeDefault>
      <ScopeDisplayName>MyFirstSearchProvider</ScopeDisplayName>
      <ScopeKey>SearchProvider1</ScopeKey>
      <ScopeUrl>http://www.contoso.com/search?q={searchTerms}</ScopeUrl>
   </Scope>
   <Scope wcm:action="add">
      <ScopeDisplayName>MySecondSearchProvider</ScopeDisplayName>
      <ScopeKey>SearchProvider2</ScopeKey>
      <ScopeUrl>http://search.fabrikam.com/results.aspx?q=&quot;{searchTerms}&quot;</ScopeUrl>
   </Scope>
</SearchScopes>

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