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CreateSearchCriterion Method (Utility Control)
Windows - Visual C++


Description
The CreateSearchCriterion method creates a search string from the user-supplied attributes. This search string is used to set the Headline control SearchCriteria property.

Syntax
long result = CreateSearchCriterion(long type, LPCTSTR inputString);

The CreateSearchCriterion syntax has these parts:

Part

Description

type

A long integer containing the type of the inputString parameter, as described in Remarks.

inputString

A String containing the text for the search criterion as described in Remarks.

result

Return value. A long integer containing 0 if successful and 1 if not.

Remarks
The value of the input string depends on the value of the type parameter as follows:

Type

Input String Contains:

nobjcode.bas

0

Word(s) and/or phrase(s)

CCT_WORDS

1

Ticker code(s)

CCT_CODE

2

Subject codes(s)

CCT_SUBJECT

3

Profile code(s)

CCT_PROFILE

4

Feed code(s)

CCT_FEED

The resulting search string is stored in the SearchString property. The SearchString property is used to set the Headline control's SearchCriteria property.

See Also: SearchCriteria SearchString

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