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SearchScope object (Office)

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Corresponds to a type of folder tree that can be searched.

Remarks

Each SearchScope object contains a single ScopeFolder object that corresponds to the root folder of the search scope.

Use the Item property of the SearchScopes collection to return a SearchScope object; for example:

Dim ss As SearchScope 
Set ss = SearchScopes.Item(1)

Ultimately, the SearchScope object is intended to provide access to ScopeFolder objects that can be added to the SearchFolders collection. For an example that demonstrates how this is accomplished, see the SearchFolders collection topic.

See the ScopeFolder object topic to see a simple example of how to return a ScopeFolder object from a SearchScope object.

Example

The following example displays all of the currently available SearchScope objects.

Sub DisplayAvailableScopes() 
 
 'Declare a variable that references a 
 'SearchScope object. 
 Dim ss As SearchScope 
 
 'Loop through the SearchScopes collection. 
 For Each ss In SearchScopes 
 Select Case ss.Type 
 Case msoSearchInMyComputer 
 MsgBox "My Computer is an available search scope." 
 Case msoSearchInMyNetworkPlaces 
 MsgBox "My Network Places is an available search scope." 
 Case msoSearchInOutlook 
 MsgBox "Outlook is an available search scope." 
 Case msoSearchInCustom 
 MsgBox "A custom search scope is available." 
 Case Else 
 MsgBox "Can't determine search scope." 
 End Select 
 Next ss 
 
End Sub

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