FollowDirectories Property

This property specifies whether Search performs a File (or Microsoft Exchange public folder) crawl and crawls directories (or folders) or performs a Web link crawl and follows links out of the start address.

Syntax

IStartPage.FollowDirectories

Remarks

If True, Search crawls directories (or folders) that are beneath the start address; if False, Search performs a Web link crawl out of the start address.

Example

The following example displays whether Search crawls the directories under the Web page http://www.microsoft.com for the KMSampleCatalog1 catalog definition.

Option Explicit 
On Error Resume Next

Dim objSearchAdmin, objBuildServer, objCatalogs, objCatalog, objStartPages, objStartPage 

Set objSearchAdmin    = CreateObject("Search.SearchAdmin.1")
Set objBuildServer    = objSearchAdmin.BuildServer
Set objCatalogs    = objBuildServer.BuildCatalogs 
Set objCatalog     = objCatalogs("KMSampleCatalog1")
Set objStartPages  = objCatalog.objStartPages
Set objStartPage   = objStartPages.Item("http://www.microsoft.com")

If objStartPage.FollowDirectories Then
  Wscript.Echo objCatalog.Name & " crawls directories under " 
    & objStartPage.URL 
Else
  Wscript.Echo objCatalog.Name & " does not search directories under " 
    & objStartPage.URL 

End If

'Release objects
Set objStartPage  = Nothing 
Set objStartPages = Nothing 
Set objCatalog    = Nothing 
Set objCatalogs   = Nothing 
Set objBuildServer   = Nothing 
Set objSearchAdmin   = Nothing