Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: MetaDataQuery.StartQuery

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New in version: 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Statistic

MetaDataQuery.StartQuery

Attempts to start the query.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Server	FileMaker Cloud	FileMaker iOS SDK
MetaDataQuery	8.0	Yes	No	Yes, macOS only	No	Yes

MBS( "MetaDataQuery.StartQuery"; Query )

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value

Query The reference number of the query. $query

Parameter	Description	Example value
Query	The reference number of the query.	$query

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Attempts to start the query.
Returns OK when successful; otherwise, Failed.
A query may fail to start if it does not specify a predicate, or if the query has already been started.

Examples

Start a query:

Set Variable [ $query ; Value: MBS( "MetaDataQuery.Create" ) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "MetaDataQuery.SetQueryString"; $Query; "kMDItemContentType=\"com.apple.application-bundle\"") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "MetaDataQuery.StartQuery"; $Query) ]

Example Databases

MetaDataQuery.SetSearchScopes - MetaDataQuery.StopQuery