TermSet.GetTermsWithCustomProperty Method (String, String, StringMatchOption, Boolean)

Gets a collection of Term objects with a custom property starting with or matching the provided property name and the provided property value.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetTermsWithCustomProperty ( _
    customPropertyName As String, _
    customPropertyValue As String, _
    stringMatchOption As StringMatchOption, _
    trimUnavailable As Boolean _
) As TermCollection
'Usage
Dim instance As TermSet
Dim customPropertyName As String
Dim customPropertyValue As String
Dim stringMatchOption As StringMatchOption
Dim trimUnavailable As Boolean
Dim returnValue As TermCollection

returnValue = instance.GetTermsWithCustomProperty(customPropertyName, _
    customPropertyValue, stringMatchOption, _
    trimUnavailable)

public TermCollection GetTermsWithCustomProperty(
    string customPropertyName,
    string customPropertyValue,
    StringMatchOption stringMatchOption,
    bool trimUnavailable
)

Parameters

• customPropertyName
  Type: System.String

  The custom property name

• customPropertyValue
  Type: System.String

  The custom property value

• stringMatchOption
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.StringMatchOption

  Whether to search for custom property names and values that start with the specified strings, or search for those that exactly match the specified strings.

• trimUnavailable
  Type: System.Boolean

  A Boolean indicating whether to trim out Term objects that have the IsAvailableForTagging property set to false.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.TermCollection
A collection of Term objects with a custom property starting with or matching the provided property name and the provided property value.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The customPropertyName cannot be null or empty.
ArgumentException	The value of customPropertyName is invalid. It probably contains invalid characters or is too long.
ArgumentNullException	The customPropertyValue cannot be null or empty.
ArgumentException	The value of customPropertyValue is invalid. It exceeds the maximum allowed length 255.
ArgumentException	The value of customPropertyValue is invalid. It contains invalid character \t, \n, or both.

Remarks

If trimUnavailable is true, then Term objects with the IsAvailableForTagging property set to false will be trimmed from the results; otherwise, all matching terms will be returned regardless of their IsAvailableForTagging property value. The customPropertyName cannot be a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or empty, and must not exceed 255 characters in length. It also cannot contain any of the following illegal characters: ; "<>|&tab.

The customPropertyValue cannot be null or empty, and must not exceed 255 characters in length. It also cannot contain any of the illegal characters \t or \n.The search is case-insensitive. A maximum of 100 results will be returned from this search. To get the most accurate results, Microsoft recommends using the CommitAll() method to commit changes to the database before executing this search.

See Also

Reference

TermSet Class

TermSet Members

GetTermsWithCustomProperty Overload

Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy Namespace

CustomProperties

GetTermsWithCustomProperty(String, Boolean)

GetTermsWithCustomProperty(String, Int32, Boolean)

GetTermsWithCustomProperty(String, String, Boolean)

GetTermsWithCustomProperty(String, String, StringMatchOption, Int32, Boolean)