Autodesk Vault ProfessionalVault API

FindLinksBySearchConditions Method

Autodesk.Connectivity.WebServicesDocumentService

Gets the links on an entity that matches a set of search criteria.

Required Permissions

LinkRead

Syntax

public Lnk[] FindLinksBySearchConditions(
   SrchCond[] conditions,
   SrchSort[] sortConditions,
   System.string[] parentEntityClassIds,
   System.long[] parentIds,
   System.bool recurseFolders,
   System.string[] targetEntityClassIds,
   ref System.string bookmark,
   out SrchStatus searchstatus
)
Public Function FindLinksBySearchConditions( _
   ByVal conditions() As SrchCond, _
   ByVal sortConditions() As SrchSort, _
   ByVal parentEntityClassIds() As System.String, _
   ByVal parentIds() As System.Long, _
   ByVal recurseFolders As System.Boolean, _
   ByVal targetEntityClassIds() As System.String, _
   ByRef bookmark As System.String, _
   ByRef searchstatus As SrchStatus _
) As Lnk()

Parameters

NameDescription
conditionsThe search parameters. Entering an array of length 0 is legal, but a null array is illegal.
sortConditionsThe properties to sort on. The first value in the array is the primary sort, the second value is the secondary sort, etc.
parentEntityClassIdsThe entity classes for the parent entity. A null value will search through all entity classes.
parentIdsThe parent entities to search in. A null value will search through all links regardless of the parents.
recurseFoldersIf false, only files in the specified folders will be searched. If true the specified folders and their sub-folders will be searched.
targetEntityClassIdsThe entity classes for the target entity. A null value will search through all entity classes.
bookmark[in/out] Used to continue a search if the results are too large for a single call. Pass in an empty string for the first call of the search. Pass in the returned bookmark string for subsequent calls on that search.
searchstatus[out] Returns status information about the search.

Return Value

A list of all Links pointing to an Entity that matches the search criteria.

See Also