FindDocuments method

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FindDocuments method

Searches for documents in the Main area of the current vault.

Syntax

FindDocuments([WildCard As String], [DocumentTypeNames As Variant],
[Criteria As Variant], OrSearch As Boolean) _
As IASDocuments

Parameters
Name	Description
WildCard	Optional string that represents a file system wildcard pattern. If omitted, the scope of file names will include all documents (.).
DocumentTypeNames	Optional variant array of document type names to which to restrict the search result. If omitted, the scope of document types will include all document types.
Criteria	Optional variant array of property filter criteria.
OrSearch	Optional Boolean that if set to True specifies a Boolean OR search be performed. The default is False.

Return Value

Returns a collection of About the Document object objects matching the specified parameters.

Remarks

The Criteria parameter can be specified as a single criterion array or as an array of criterion arrays. Each criterion array contains a property name, operator, and an optional value similar to the Find command in PowerUser. For example, Custom.ProjectNr, equals, 2134, where equals is the operator.

The search operators that are supported are those in the IC_OPERATOR constants enumeration. The following table lists the supported operators and the abbreviations, symbols, and constants that may be used:

Search operator options
Operator	Abbreviation	Symbol	Constant
contains, in	C	*	IC_OP_CONTAINS
date equals			IC_OP_DATE_EQUALS
date not equal			IC_OP_DATE_NOT_EQUAL
date less			IC_OP_DATE_LESS
date less or equal			IC_OP_DATE_LESS_EQUAL
date more			IC_OP_DATE_MORE
date more or equal			IC_OP_DATE_MORE_EQUAL
doswildcard			IC_OP_DOSWILDCARD
empty	EM	()	IC_OP_EMPTY
equals, equal	E	EQ =	IC_OP_EQUALS
less	L	<	IC_OP_LESS
less equal	LE	<=	IC_OP_LESS_EQUAL
like	LI	%	IC_OP_LIKE
more	M	>	IC_OP_MORE
more equal	ME	>=	IC_OP_MORE_EQUAL
not contains	NC, NOT IN		IC_OP_NOT_CONTAINS
not empty	NEM		IC_OP_NOT_EMPTY
not equal	NEQ, NE	<>	IC_OP_NOT_EQUAL
not like	NLI, NL		IC_OP_NOT_LIKE
not starts with	NSW		IC_OP_NOT_STARTWITH
starts with	SW		IC_OP_STARTWITH

Notes

If you want to find a document with a specific ID, use the Vault.GetDocument method described in GetDocument method instead. Executing an expression such as Vault.FindDocuments.Document(ID) will cause the server to first create a collection of all documents in the vault and then search within that collection for the document with the specified ID. Such an operation can result in a large load on the server and take an excessive amount of time compared to using the Vault.GetDocument method.
For best results when searching on date (day without time) values, use the operators with names that begin with IC_OP_DATE. For date with time (moment) searches, use the other operators.

Example

The following example demonstrates use of the FindDocuments method to display the results of a search executed with the specified parameters.

Sub SearchCount_Execute(Batch)
    Dim StrMask
    StrMask = "*1*.*"
    
    Dim MultipleDocTypes
    MultipleDocTypes = Array("My_Doc_Type", "Hybrid_Doc_Type")

    Dim MultipleCriteria
    MultipleCriteria = Array(_
        Array("Custom.CI",  IC_OP_MORE, 200),_
        Array("Custom.CI",  IC_OP_LESS, 300),_
        Array("Custom.CS",  IC_OP_CONTAINS, "o"),_
        Array("Custom.CStr",  IC_OP_CONTAINS, "iv"),_
        Array("LUL.lul",  IC_OP_EQUALS, "a-z"),_
        Array("AMVersionablePropertySet._VERSIONNUMBER",  IC_OP_LESS, 2),_
        Array("Custom.CDT",  IC_OP_LESS, (DateSerial(1983,07,12))),_
        Array("NewPS.CB",  IC_OP_EQUALS, False))
        
    Dim bool
    bool = True
    
    Dim Str
    Str = ""

    Dim Document
    
    For Each Document In Vault.FindDocuments(StrMask, MultipleDocTypes, _
        MultipleCriteria, bool)
        str = str &_                  
            " FileName - > " & Document.FileName & vbCrLf &_
            " Document.DocumentType.DisplayName - > " & _
                Document.DocumentType.DisplayName & vbCrLf &_
            " Custom.CI - > " & Document.CI & vbCrLf &_
            " Custom.CS - > " & Document.CS & vbCrLf &_
            " Custom.CStr - > " & Document.CStr & vbCrLf &_
            " Custom.CDT - > " & Document.CDT & vbCrLf &_
            " NewPS.CB - > " & Document.NewPS_CB & vbCrLf &_
            " NewPS.CM - > " & Document.NewPS_CM & vbCrLf &_
            " LUL.lul  - > " & Document.LUL_lul & vbCrLf &_
            " Revision - > " & Document.Revision & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
    Next

    WinMsgBox "Total number of documents found is " &_
        Vault.FindDocuments(StrMask, MultipleDocTypes, MultipleCriteria, bool).Count & _
            vbCrLf & vbCrLf & Str
End Sub

Notes

The expression Vault.FindDocuments(<Criteria>).Count will return the number of documents that are found.
The expression Vault.FindDocuments(<Criteria>).Properties will return 25 values for each document found without the property names, in no particular order.
The expression Vault.FindDocuments(<Criteria>).Document(Document.ID).FileName will return the file name of a document if it matches the specified parameters.

Related concepts

Understanding the Meridian functions