ISearchProtocolUI interface

Provides a method for invoking ISearchItem objects. Methods in this interface are called by the protocol host when processing URLs from the gatherer. The protocol handler implements the protocol for accessing a content source in its native format, and this interface implements a custom protocol handler to expand the data sources that can be indexed.

Members

The ISearchProtocolUI interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. ISearchProtocolUI also has these types of members:

Methods

The ISearchProtocolUI interface has these methods.

Method Description
GetSearchItemForUrl Gets the search item for the data specified. This method is called once for every URL processed by the gatherer, and retrieves a pointer to the ISearchItem object.

 

Remarks

The ISearchProtocolUI interface is supported only on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, and should no longer be used.

To preview attachments with a third-party protocol handler on computers running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, it may be necessary to use the ISearchProtocolUI interface, and the following APIs: the IItemPreviewerExt, IItemPropertyBag and ISearchItem interfaces, the LINKINFO structure, and the LINKTYPE enumeration.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client
Windows XP with SP2 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server
Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Redistributable
Windows Desktop Search (WDS) 3.0