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IUpdateSearcher interface

Searches for updates on a server.

Members

The IUpdateSearcher interface inherits from the IDispatch interface. IUpdateSearcher also has these types of members:

Methods
Properties

Methods

The IUpdateSearcher interface has these methods.

Method	Description
BeginSearch	Begins execution of an asynchronous search for updates. The search uses the search options that are currently configured.
EndSearch	Completes an asynchronous search for updates.
EscapeString	Converts a string into a string that can be used as a literal value in a search criteria string.
GetTotalHistoryCount	Returns the number of update events on the computer.
QueryHistory	Synchronously queries the computer for the history of update events.
Search	Performs a synchronous search for updates. The search uses the search options that are currently configured.

Properties

The IUpdateSearcher interface has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
CanAutomaticallyUpgradeService	Read/write	Gets and sets a Boolean value that indicates whether future calls to the BeginSearch and Search methods result in an automatic upgrade to Windows Update Agent (WUA).
ClientApplicationID	Read/write	Identifies the current client application.
IncludePotentiallySupersededUpdates	Read/write	Gets and sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the search results include updates that are superseded by other updates in the search results.
Online	Read/write	Gets and sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the UpdateSearcher goes online to search for updates.
ServerSelection	Read/write	Gets and sets a ServerSelection value that indicates the server to search for updates.
ServiceID	Read/write	Gets and sets a site to search when the site to search is not a Windows Update site.

Remarks

You can create an instance of this interface by using the UpdateSearcher coclass. Use the Microsoft.Update.Searcher program identifier to create the object.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional with SP3 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server with SP3 [desktop apps only]
Header	Wuapi.h
IDL	Wuapi.idl
Library	Wuguid.lib
DLL	Wuapi.dll
IID	IID_IUpdateSearcher is defined as 8F45ABF1-F9AE-4B95-A933-F0F66E5056EA

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Build date: 11/22/2012

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