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4/8/2010

The StartFindmethod is called by the Find application to start a search.

Syntax 

HRESULT StartFind (
  FINDITEMATTRIBUTES * 
pfiaFilter,
  DWORD 
grfifFlags
);

Parameters

pfiaFilter

[in] Reference to a FINDITEMATTRIBUTESstructure.

grfifFlags

[in] Flags.

Return Value

This method should return S_OKif it was successful or appropriate errors if not.

Remarks

The pfiaFilterparameter specifies parameters with which to filter the find. The pfiaFilter-> grfiamMaskspecifies which fields of pfiaFilterare active. Currently, the only filters that are implemented are FIAM_TEXTand FIAM_SCOPE. The text to search for is pfiaFilter-> pszFindText.

Requirements

Header findext.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 3.0 and later
Windows Mobile Pocket PC 2000 and later

See Also