SpotlightQuery.Run

From Xojo Documentation

Method


SpotlightQuery.Run()

Supported for all project types and targets.

Runs the query specified by the Query property.

Example

The following synchronous query populates a ListBox with the list of audio files on the user’s computer and the absolute path to each file. You can put the code in a PushButton.

Var query As New SpotlightQuery("kMDItemContentTypeTree == 'public.audio'")
query.Synchronous = True
query.Run
For i As Integer = 0 To query.Count - 1
ListBox1.AddRow(query.Item(i).File.DisplayName)
ListBox1.CellValueAt(ListBox1.LastAddedRowIndex, 1) = query.Item(i).File.NativePath
Next

Exception e As SpotlightException
MessageBox("A Spotlight error occurred.")