ISearchQueryHelper is a COM interface that can be used to convert from Advanced Query Syntax (AQS) to a SQL query that can be passed to the OLE DB Provider for Windows Search. (For background, see my previous post: Advanced Query Syntax: What, Where,...

What is Advanced Query Syntax and where is it used? Advanced Query Syntax (AQS) is a syntax that enables end-users to define targeted search queries, and is supported in a number of Microsoft products (for example: Windows Vista, Outlook 2007, and Windows...

I recently learned some new things about the Search APIs in Windows Vista, including some great improvements in the SQL syntax for the OLE DB Provider for Windows Search. (Thank you Chris McConnell - Architect on the Search team - for driving these changes...

Windows Desktop Search (WDS) 3.0 has been released to the web. You can download it from one of the following links (depending on your OS version): Windows Desktop Search 3.0 RTW for Windows XP (KB917013) Windows Desktop Search 3.0 RTW for Windows XP x64...

In my last post , I gave a quick overview of the query syntax for the OLE DB Provider for Windows Search that ships in Windows Vista. In this post, I'll go over some of the details of the predicates that can be used in the WHERE clause. Just a quick disclaimer...

A number of people have been asking about Windows Vista search and how to programmatically query the search engine. There's not a lot of documentation available yet (and this will obviously change as we near the release of Windows Vista). So in the meantime...