In today's DevCares session I presented on the capabilities of integrating a custom application with the Search capabilities available in Windows Vista and other new Microsoft products (Office 07, Sharepoint, etc). The demo application demonstrated using the OleDb provider available with Vista to execute SQL query statements against the Vista index catalog. As an extra addition to the session demo I imported the SearchAPI type library available in the Windows SDK into a managed library so it can be utilized in .NET allowing an application to accept the same AQS (Advanced Query Syntax) statements that a user can enter in the Vista search field so any application can obtain the same results. The demo application is available here for download.
For more information on AQS and the SearchAPI be sure to check out Catherine Heller's 'A la Vista' blog.
If you are located in the Chicago area and missed today's DevCares event in downtown Chicago there is still a chance to attend at the Downer's Grove location on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007. Registration is free and can be done through the DevCares web site.