I then created a page style "Search Results" and assigned it to the Search Results page layout.

Finally, I created an empty content page named "Search Results" and assigned it to the Search Results page style. This is the page that is loaded from the "Go" buttons on each search form.

Now, can you remember the last two lines of script behind the "Go" button on the search form from last week's article? IF not, here's a recap:

When the Search Results page is loaded with window.parent.location.href=url, the values of the "IndexDb" and "Query" are concatenated to build the source of the inline frame that was added to the Search Results page layout above, so the source URL in this instance would be:

and the net result of loading this URL into IWWCM is the execution of a query in C-Search with the results being passed back for rendering in the IWWCM Search Results page. This is shown below in Figure B.

FIGURE B


The C-Search results form is rendered in IWWCM. Roll over picture for a larger image.

Final thoughts
This article illustrates one method of extending the search capabilities of IWWCM by making use of the C-Search index. Implementation of the solution described required only elementary JavaScript skills to build a Domino query string from a completed search form, and a basic understanding of HTML and Domino query syntax. The same techniques used in this article could be used to render any number of C-Search search forms through the same set of IWWCM components that were created.

Colin Neale is Notes consultant and author of C-Search, C-Search for Domino.Doc and the C-Search Mail Monitor. He can be reached at cneale@c-search-solutions.com or http://www.c-search-solutions.com.