CeSeekDatabase (RAPI)

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This function seeks the specified record in an open database. CeSeekDatabase (RAPI)is a remote application interface, which enables an application running on a desktop computer to make function calls on a Windows CE–based device.

CEOID
CeSeekDatabase(
HANDLE
hDatabase
,
DWORD
dwSeekType
,
DWORD
dwValue
,
LPDWORD
lpdwIndex
);

Parameters

hDatabase

[in] Handle to the open database in which to seek.

dwSeekType

[in] Specifies the type of seek operation to perform. It is one of the following values:

Value	Description
CEDB_SEEK_CEOID	Seek until finding an object that has the specified object identifier. The dwValueparameter specifies the object identifier. This type of seek operation is very efficient.
CEDB_SEEK_VALUESMALLER	Seek until finding the largest value that is smaller than the specified value. If none of the records has a smaller value, the seek pointer is left at the end of the database and the function returns zero. The dwValueparameter is a pointer to a CEPROPVALstructure.
CEDB_SEEK_VALUEFIRSTEQUAL	Seek until finding the first value that is equal to the specified value. If the seek operation fails, the seek pointer is left pointing at the end of the database, and the function returns zero. The dwValueparameter is a pointer to a CEPROPVALstructure.
CEDB_SEEK_VALUENEXTEQUAL	Starting from the current seek position, seek exactly one position forward in the sorted order and check if the next record is equal in value to the specified value. If so, return the object identifier of this next record; otherwise, return zero and leave the seek pointer at the end of the database. This operation can be used in conjunction with the CEDB_SEEK_VALUEFIRSTEQUAL operation to enumerate all records with an equal value. The dwValueparameter specifies the value for which to seek.
CEDB_SEEK_VALUEGREATER	Seek until finding a value greater than or equal to the specified value. If all records are smaller, the seek pointer is left at the end of the database and the function returns zero. The dwValueparameter is a pointer to a CEPROPVALstructure.
CEDB_SEEK_BEGINNING	Seek until finding the record at the specified position from the beginning of the database. The dwValueparameter specifies the number of records to seek.
CEDB_SEEK_CURRENT	Seek backward or forward from the current position of the seek pointer for the specified number of records. The dwValueparameter specifies the number of records from the current position. The function seeks forward if dwValueis a positive value, or backward if it is negative. A forward seek operation is efficient.
CEDB_SEEK_END	Seek backward for the specified number of records from the end of the database. The dwValueparameter specifies the number of records.

dwValue

[in] Specifies the value to use for the seek operation. The meaning of this parameter depends on the value of dwSeekType.

lpdwIndex

[out] Pointer to a variable that receives the index from the start of the database to the beginning of the record that was found. This parameter cannot be NULL.

Return Values

The object identifier of the record on which the seek ends indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information a RAPI program, call CeGetLastError. CeGetLastErrormay return ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER if a parameter is invalid.

Remarks

The CeSeekDatabase (RAPI)function always uses the current sort order as specified in the call to the CeOpenDatabase (RAPI)function. If the CEDB_AUTOINCREMENT flag was specified, an automatic seek of one from the current position is done with each read operation that occurs on the database.

Note that a seek can only be performed on a sorted property value. After creating a database using CeCreateDatabase (RAPI)and opening the database using CeOpenDatabase (RAPI), subsequent calls to CeSeekDatabase (RAPI)assume the sort order that was specified in the propidparameter of the call to CeOpenDatabaseEx.

To enter negative values for the CEDB_SEEK_CURRENT case, cast a signed long. This changes the effective range on the record indexes to 31 bits from 32.

Multiple sort orders cannot be specified for a single property.

When a CEPROPVALstructure is required to seek, the propidparameter must be set to PROPID of the sort order specified in the CeOpenDatabaseEx (RAPI)call.

Note Earlier versions of Windows CE assigned OIDs to objects in other file systems, such as the FAT file system. These OIDs were guaranteed to be unique within a volume, but not across multiple volumes. Effective with version 3.0, only objects in the object store have valid, unique OIDs and the object store is the only volume that can return an object identifier. The FAT file system does not support OIDs for normal files. Databases in a database volume, even if on top of FAT, do support OIDs.

Requirements

Runs On	Versions	Defined in	Include	Link to
Windows CE OS	1.01 and later	Rapi.h