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sending query via page other than msn.com

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone could help me.

I'd like to include a search form for WDS on my browser homepage and be able to submit the query from within that page, I'd like to see the results in the WDS.

This works fine for msn.com (select desktop tab) but I cant seem to be able to get the code so I can use it with ANY page.

any thoughts on this   



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  • me1982

    sorry to jump in like that, but I'd like to know something related to this:

    any chance that I can "convince" the BHOs to accept local urls, nothing remote - just local.
    That would really help me out.  

  • Sammual

    Tom, thanks a lot - this is just what I was looking for :-)

  • Tony Ball

    There is built in support in windowssearch.exe for launching search results.  If you go to c:\program files\msn toolbar suite\DS\2.XX.XXXXX\windowssearch.exe and run

                windowsearch.exe /

    You will see that it supports a command line syntax.  

                windowssearch /url "Search:query=from:tom big hairy dogs"

    Interestingly, this syntax is made to look like a traditional url.  If you save the following section to a .REG file and run it, it will modify the registry in a way which will tell windows to pass any SEARCH: url to the windowssearch.exe

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
     
    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Search]
    @="URL:Windows Search"
    "URL Protocol"=""

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Search\DefaultIcon]
    @="C:\\Program Files\\windows desktop search\\windowssearch.exe,100"

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Search\shell]
    @="open"

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Search\shell\open]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Search\shell\open\command]
    @="\"c:\Program Files\MSN Toolbar Suite\DS\02.05.0001.1119\en-us\bin\windowssearch.exe" /url \"%1\""

     

    After you have added the above registry keys you can now just do start/run:

                Search:query=tom

    And the search results page will start up.

    This means you can also add a href="search:query=tom" to your web page, and it too will launch in a new window the search results.

    -Tom



  • Matt_

    This is not possible.  We use a BHO to know that only our url can make the transistion from web to desktop for security reasons.

    -Tom

  • Luis Estrada

    wow - 250+ views and no one with an answer         

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