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Windows Search Engine 07-Nov-04
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			The Shell supports several search utilities that allow users to locate namespace 
objects such as files or printers. You can create a custom search engine and make 
it available to users by implementing and registering a search handler. 

Users have two ways to select a search engine. The first way is from the Start 
menu. With systems earlier than Microsoft Windows 2000, selecting the Find command 
on the Start menu displays a submenu of the available search engines. With Windows 
2000 and later, the Start menu's Find command is renamed Search. 

Users can also launch a search from Windows Explorer. On systems earlier than 
Windows 2000, they click the Find command on the Tools menu to display essentially 
the same menu as the one associated with the Start menu. However, Windows Explorer 
for Windows 2000 handles search engines in a very different way. Instead of 
handling search engines as a submenu of the Tools menu, there is now a Search 
button on the toolbar. Clicking this button opens the Explorer bar's Search pane 

The following example shows how to implement Shell Search Handler using Borland 
Delphi. As any Shell Extension it must be implemented as in-process Component 
Object Model (COM) object. It must be assigned a globally unique identifier (GUID) 
and registered using regsvr32.exe 

1   library SearchHandler;
2   
3   uses
4     ComServ,
5     HandlerM in 'HandlerM.pas';
6   
7   {$R *.RES}
8   
9   exports
10    DllGetClassObject,
11    DllCanUnloadNow,
12    DllRegisterServer,
13    DllUnregisterServer;
14  
15  begin
16  end.
17  
18  {*****************************************************************************
19    Name           : TSearchEngine
20    Author         : Perevoznyk Serhiy
21    Description    : Shell Search Handler
22   *****************************************************************************}
23  
24  unit HandlerM;
25  
26  interface
27  
28  uses
29    Windows, ActiveX, ComObj, ShlObj, Dialogs;
30  
31  type
32    TSearchEngine = class(TComObject, IShellExtInit, IContextMenu)
33    protected
34      { IShellExtInit }
35      function IShellExtInit.Initialize = SEIInitialize; // Avoid compiler warning
36      function SEIInitialize(pidlFolder: PItemIDList; lpdobj: IDataObject;
37        hKeyProgID: HKEY): HResult; stdcall;
38      { IContextMenu }
39      function QueryContextMenu(Menu: HMENU; indexMenu, idCmdFirst, idCmdLast,
40        uFlags: UINT): HResult; stdcall;
41      function InvokeCommand(var lpici: TCMInvokeCommandInfo): HResult; stdcall;
42      function GetCommandString(idCmd, uType: UINT; pwReserved: PUINT;
43        pszName: LPSTR; cchMax: UINT): HResult; stdcall;
44    end;
45  
46  const
47    Class_SearchEngine: TGUID = '{B8091A44-1F5E-4EFE-8F26-194ACBDE4465}';
48  
49  implementation
50  
51  uses ComServ, SysUtils, ShellApi, Registry;
52  
53  function TSearchEngine.SEIInitialize(pidlFolder: PItemIDList; lpdobj: IDataObject;
54    hKeyProgID: HKEY): HResult;
55  begin
56    Result := NOERROR;
57  end;
58  
59  function TSearchEngine.QueryContextMenu(Menu: HMENU; indexMenu, idCmdFirst,
60            idCmdLast, uFlags: UINT): HResult;
61  begin
62    Result := 0; 
63  end;
64  
65  
66  function TSearchEngine.InvokeCommand(var lpici: TCMInvokeCommandInfo): HResult;
67  begin
68    //enter your code here
69    ShowMessage('Executed');
70    Result := NOERROR;
71  end;
72  
73  function TSearchEngine.GetCommandString(idCmd, uType: UINT; pwReserved: PUINT;
74    pszName: LPSTR; cchMax: UINT): HRESULT;
75  begin
76    if (idCmd = 0) then
77    begin
78      if (uType = GCS_HELPTEXT) then
79        // return help string for menu item
80        StrCopy(pszName, 'Find document');
81      Result := NOERROR;
82    end
83    else
84      Result := E_INVALIDARG;
85  end;
86  
87  type
88    TSearchEngineFactory = class(TComObjectFactory)
89    public
90      procedure UpdateRegistry(register: Boolean); override;
91    end;
92  
93  
94  procedure CreateKey(const Key, ValueName, Value: string);
95  var
96    Handle: HKey;
97    Status, Disposition: Integer;
98  begin
99    Status := RegCreateKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, PChar(Key), 0, '',
100     REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_READ or KEY_WRITE, nil, Handle,
101     @Disposition);
102   if Status = 0 then
103   begin
104      RegSetValueEx(Handle, PChar(ValueName), 0, REG_SZ,
105       PChar(Value), Length(Value) + 1);
106     RegCloseKey(Handle);
107   end;
108 end;
109 
110 
111 procedure DeleteKey(const Key: string);
112 begin
113   RegDeleteKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, PChar(Key));
114 end;
115 
116 procedure TSearchEngineFactory.UpdateRegistry(register: Boolean);
117 var
118   ClassID: string;
119   FileName: array [0..MAX_PATH] of Char;
120 begin
121   if register then
122   begin
123     inherited UpdateRegistry(register);
124     ClassID := GUIDToString(Class_SearchEngine);
125     GetModuleFileName(HInstance, FileName, SizeOf(FileName));
126     
127 CreateKey('Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FindExtensions\Static\
128 SearchHandler');

129     
130 CreateKey('Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FindExtensions\Static\
131 SearchHandler\0'lphi...');
132     
133 CreateKey('crosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FindExtensions\Static\
134 SearchHandler\0\DefaultIcon', ' ', FileName + '0');
135   end
136   else
137     begin
138       
139 DeleteKey('crosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FindExtensions\Static\
140 SearchHandler\0\DefaultIcon');
141       
142 DeleteKey('crosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FindExtensions\Static\
143 SearchHandler\0');
144       
145 DeleteKey('crosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FindExtensions\Static\
146 SearchHandler');
147       inherited UpdateRegistry(Register);
148   end;
149 end;
150 
151 initialization
152   TSearchEngineFactory.Create(ComServer, TSearchEngine, Class_SearchEngine,
153     'Delphi Search Engine Example', ciMultiInstance,
154     tmApartment);
155 end.



			
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