Here's one I did a while ago - be aware that it may be out of date:
const
GENERAL_COLUMNS = '"System.Itemname", "System.Size", "System.DateCreated", "System.ItemDate",' +
'"System.ItemFolderPathDisplay", "System.Search.AutoSummary", "System.ItemType"';
IMAGE_COLUMNS = '"System.Image.HorizontalSize", "System.Image.VerticalSize", '+
'"System.Image.BitDepth", "System.Image.Compression", '+
'"System.Photo.CameraModel", "System.Photo.DateTaken", "System.Photo.Flash"';
MUSIC_COLUMNS = '"System.Music.Artist", "System.Music.Genre", "System.Music.TrackNumber", '+
'"System.Audio.Compression", "System.Audio.SampleRate", '+
'"System.DRM.IsProtected", "System.Music.AlbumTitle", "System.Rating", '+
'"System.Audio.EncodingBitrate"';
procedure TWDSDataSource.RetrieveDataFromDB;
var
manager : ISearchManager;
catalogManager : ISearchCatalogManager;
queryHelper : ISearchQueryHelper;
wQuery : string;
temp : PWideChar;
sTemp : string;
begin
manager := CoCSearchManager.Create;
if Succeeded(manager.GetCatalog('SystemIndex',catalogManager)) then
begin
if Succeeded(catalogManager.GetQueryHelper(queryHelper)) then
begin
if fMaxResults 0 then
queryHelper.Set_QueryMaxResults(fMaxResults);
queryHelper.Set_QuerySelectColumns(GENERAL_COLUMNS + ',' + MUSIC_COLUMNS + ',' + IMAGE_COLUMNS);
queryHelper.GenerateSQLFromUserQuery(PWideChar(fQuery),temp);
wQuery := temp;
queryHelper.Get_ConnectionString(temp);
sTemp := temp;
dataset := CreateComObject(CLASS_Recordset) as _Recordset;
dataset.CursorLocation := adUseClient;
dataset.Open(wQuery, stemp, adOpenForwardOnly, adLockReadOnly, adCmdText);
dataset.Set_ActiveConnection(nil);
bDatabaseFailed := false;
end else
bDatabaseFailed := true;
end else
bDatabaseFailed := true;
end;
I think it's all pretty self explanatory, fQuery is the query you want to execute.
Regards
Keith