SearchCatalog Class

The SearchCatalog class implements functions for managing Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 search.

System.Object

   Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Admin.Search.SearchCatalog

Public Methods

The following table shows the SearchCatalog class methods and provides a brief description of each.

Name Description
AddContentSource(String, String, Int32, Int32, Boolean, String, String) Adds the specified content source to the current portal site.
AddExcludedPath(String) Excludes the specified URL and all its subfolders from the gatherer's crawl list.
AddFileType(String) Adds the specified file type to the list of file types that are indexed in a search catalog.
ChangeUserPassword(String, String) Changes the password for the specified user name.
ForcePropagation Forces propagation.
RemoveAllFileTypes Removes all indexed file types from a search catalog.
RemoveContentSource(String) Removes the specified content source from the current portal site.
RemoveExcludedPath(String) Removes the specified URL from the excluded paths list.
StartCrawl(CrawlType) Starts a crawl of the specified type on the current content source.
StartCrawlFrom(String, CrawlType) Starts a crawl of the specified type on a specified content source.
StopCrawl Stops a crawl that is already in progress.
StopPropagation Stops propagation.

Public Properties

The following table shows the properties of the SearchCatalog class, the data type of each property, and a brief description of each.

Name Data type Description
AutoPropagate Boolean Gets or sets a value indicating whether indexes are automatically propagated.
LastCrawlEndTime Gets the finish time of the last completed crawl. Crawl times are updated after any successful crawl.
LastCrawlStartTime Gets the start time of the last completed crawl. Crawl times are updated after any successful crawl.
ContentSources System.Collections.IEnumerable Gets a collection of SearchContentSource objects.
Name String Gets the catalog name.
Site String Gets the site name.
Status Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Admin.Search.SearchCatalog/StatusType Gets the status of the catalog.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Remarks

You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the SharePoint administrators group to use the methods and properties of this class.

Requirements

Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Admin.Search

Platforms: Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Admin.Search (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Admin.Search.dll)

Security: Code Access Security