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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
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<title>Searching Items</title>
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<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
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<link href="prettify.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
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<script type="text/javascript" src="prettify.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="lang-vb.js"></script><link href="../resources/main.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
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</head>
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<body onload="prettyPrint()"><div class="placing">
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<br><table class="navigation"><tr>
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<td class="navigation-previous"><a href="chapter-save-load.html"><strong>
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« Saving and Loading ListView Content</strong></a></td>
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<td class="navigation-index"><a href="../../../better-listview-express/documentation.html"><strong>Index</strong></a></td>
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<td class="navigation-next"><a href="chapter-serialization.html"><strong>Serialization »
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</strong></a></td>
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</tr></table>
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<br><h1>Searching Items</h1>
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<div class="banner">
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<a href="../../../blog/page/6/index.html"><img src="../resources/overview.gif" alt="Better ListView" class="ss"></a>
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<div class="inside">
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<div class="text">Better ListView: Ultimate .NET ListView replacement control for WinForms (C#, VB.NET)</div>
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<span class="dbtn-c dbtn-hilight"><span class="dbtn-w"><a href="../../../betterlistview.exe" class="dbtn">Download</a></span></span>
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<span class="dbtn-c"><span class="dbtn-w"><a href="../../../blog/page/6/index.html" class="dbtn">More Info</a></span></span>
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</div>
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</div>
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<p>Better ListView offers many options for searching items by typing on
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keyboard and programmaticaly (<span class="code">FindItemWithText</span>,
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<span class="code">FindItemsWithText</span> methods). Search can be extended to sub-items
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and event multiple items can be contained in a search result.</p>
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<p>Search can be customized with <span class="code">SearchSettings</span> property.
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This structure contains three other properties:</p>
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<ul style="list-style:none">
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<li>
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<span class="code">Mode</span><ul style="list-style:none"><li>
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<p>Specifies how the searching is done on each item/sub-item
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string.</p>
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<ul style="list-style:none">
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<li>
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<span class="code">Disabled</span><ul style="list-style:none"><li>
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<p>Searching is disabled.</p>
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</li></ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<span class="code">Prefix</span><ul style="list-style:none"><li>
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<p>Search is restricted to text prefix.</p>
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</li></ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<span class="code">PrefixOrSubstring</span><ul style="list-style:none"><li>
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<p>Search query can match any substring, if nothing found by
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prefix.</p>
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</li></ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<span class="code">Substring</span><ul style="list-style:none"><li>
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<p>Search query can match any substring.</p>
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</li></ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li></ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<span class="code">Options</span><ul style="list-style:none"><li>
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<p>Additional options for searching.</p>
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<ul style="list-style:none">
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<li>
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<span class="code">CaseSensitive</span><ul style="list-style:none"><li>
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<p>The search is case-sensitive.</p>
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</li></ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<span class="code">FirstWordOnly</span><ul style="list-style:none"><li>
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<p>Search is restricted to the first word of searched
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text.</p>
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</li></ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<span class="code">None</span><ul style="list-style:none"><li>
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<p>No options active.</p>
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</li></ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<span class="code">PlaySound</span><ul style="list-style:none"><li>
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<p>Sound is played, when nothing is found.</p>
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</li></ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<span class="code">PrefixPreference</span><ul style="list-style:none"><li>
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<p>Results matched by prefix are prefered among other (e.g.
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when searching for <strong><em>pla</em></strong>, then the text
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<strong><em>player</em></strong> is prefered among the word
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<strong><em>applause</em></strong>).</p>
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</li></ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<span class="code">SelectableItemsOnly</span><ul style="list-style:none"><li>
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<p>Restrict the search to selectable items only.</p>
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</li></ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<span class="code">WordSearch </span><ul style="list-style:none"><li>
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<p>Searched text si first split into words and searching is
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done on each word separately.</p>
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</li></ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li></ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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<span class="code">SubItemIndices</span><ul style="list-style:none"><li>
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<p>Specifies sub-items on which the search is done; if the
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collection is empty, than all sub-items are searched.</p>
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</li></ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>There is a default one-second delay to register when user stopped
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typing and the search is discarded. A new search is initiated when user
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starts typing after this interval has passed. This interval can be set via
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<span class="code">SearchTimeoutDelay</span> property.</p>
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<p>The delay is not relevant when user types the same letter several
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times and there are other items beginning with that letter. If there are
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items named <strong><em>ab</em></strong>, <strong><em>ac</em></strong>,
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<strong><em>ad</em></strong>, then the selection cycles through these items as
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long as the user keeps pressing <strong><em>A</em></strong> key. This works
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essentialy the same way as in the Windows Explorer.</p>
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<br><hr>
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<p class="note">The keyboard search works, of course, only when the control has
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focus. You can ensure this (e.g. when showing the form) by calling
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<span class="code">Focus</span> method on Better ListView.</p>
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<hr>
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<br><h2>Sample Source Code</h2>
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<p><strong>C#</strong></p>
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<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="lang-cs">this.listView.BeginUpdate();
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// fill the ListView with items in two columns
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this.listView.Columns.AddRange(
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new[]
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{
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new BetterListViewColumnHeader("Word", 128),
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new BetterListViewColumnHeader("Synonym List", 160)
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});
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this.listView.Items.AddRange(
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new[]
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{
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new BetterListViewItem(new[] { "apparently", "evidently, presumably, seemingly" }),
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new BetterListViewItem(new[] { "blunt", "brusque, curt, snippy" }),
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new BetterListViewItem(new[] { "class", "caste, estate, folk" }),
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new BetterListViewItem(new[] { "detailed", "elaborate, full, thorough" }),
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});
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// search in substrings
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BetterListViewSearchMode searchMode = BetterListViewSearchMode.Substring;
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// use case-sensitive searching and play sounds
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BetterListViewSearchOptions searchOptions = (BetterListViewSearchOptions.CaseSensitive | BetterListViewSearchOptions.PlaySound);
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// search in the first and second column
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//NOTE: empty array also means searching in all columns
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int[] subItemIndices = new[] { 0, 1 };
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// set-up the search
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this.listView.SearchSettings = new BetterListViewSearchSettings(searchMode, searchOptions, subItemIndices);
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this.listView.EndUpdate();</code></pre>
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<p><strong>Visual Basic</strong></p>
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<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="lang-vb">ListView.BeginUpdate()
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' fill the ListView with items in two columns
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ListView.Columns.AddRange(
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New BetterListViewColumnHeader() { _
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New BetterListViewColumnHeader("Word", 128),
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New BetterListViewColumnHeader("Synonym List", 160)
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})
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ListView.Items.AddRange(
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New BetterListViewItem() { _
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New BetterListViewItem(New String() _
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{"apparently", "evidently, presumably, seemingly"}),
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New BetterListViewItem(New String() {"blunt", "brusque, curt, snippy"}),
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New BetterListViewItem(New String() {"class", "caste, estate, folk"}),
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New BetterListViewItem(New String() {"detailed", "elaborate, full, thorough"})
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})
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' search in substrings
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Dim searchMode As BetterListViewSearchMode = BetterListViewSearchMode.Substring
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' use case-sensitive searching and play sounds
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Dim searchOptions As BetterListViewSearchOptions =
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(BetterListViewSearchOptions.CaseSensitive Or BetterListViewSearchOptions.PlaySound)
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' search in the first and second column
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'NOTE: empty array also means searching in all columns
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Dim subItemIndices As Integer() = New Integer() {0, 1}
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' set-up the search
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ListView.SearchSettings = New BetterListViewSearchSettings (searchMode, searchOptions, subItemIndices)
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ListView.EndUpdate()</code></pre>
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<br><div class="banner">
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<a href="../../../blog/page/6/index.html"><img src="../resources/overview.gif" alt="Better ListView" class="ss"></a>
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<div class="inside">
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<div class="text">Better ListView: Ultimate .NET ListView replacement control for WinForms (C#, VB.NET)</div>
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<span class="dbtn-c dbtn-hilight"><span class="dbtn-w"><a href="../../../betterlistview.exe" class="dbtn">Download</a></span></span>
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<span class="dbtn-c"><span class="dbtn-w"><a href="../../../blog/page/6/index.html" class="dbtn">More Info</a></span></span>
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</div>
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</div>
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<table class="navigation"><tr>
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<td class="navigation-previous"><a href="chapter-save-load.html"><strong>
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« Saving and Loading ListView Content</strong></a></td>
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<td class="navigation-index"><a href="../../../better-listview-express/documentation.html"><strong>Index</strong></a></td>
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<td class="navigation-next"><a href="chapter-serialization.html"><strong>Serialization »
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</strong></a></td>
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</tr></table>
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<td class="footer-title">Better ListView Express Documentation
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