The Search event is fired when searching files starts or ends. Use the Search property to search for files. Use the Add method to add rules to customize the found items.  Use the StopSearch method to stop immediately searching the files. Use the Get property to get the collection of found files.

The following VB sample displays a message when searching the files starts or ends:

Private Sub ExFileView1_Search(ByVal State As EXFILEVIEWLibCtl.SearchStateEnum)
    Select Case State
        Case EXFILEVIEWLibCtl.SearchStateEnum.StartSearching
            Debug.Print "Start searching '" & ExFileView1.Search & "' files"
        Case EXFILEVIEWLibCtl.SearchStateEnum.EndSearching
            Debug.Print "End searching"
    End Select
End Sub

The following C++ sample displays a message when searching the files starts or ends:

void OnSearchExfileview1(long State) 
{
	switch ( State )
	{
		case 0: /*StartSearching*/
		{
			OutputDebugString( "Start searching ..." );
			break;
		}
		case 1: /*EndSearching*/
		{
			OutputDebugString( "End searching ..." );
			break;
		}
	}
}

The following VB.NET sample displays a message when searching the files starts or ends:

Private Sub AxExFileView1_SearchEvent(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As AxEXFILEVIEWLib._IExFileViewEvents_SearchEvent) Handles AxExFileView1.SearchEvent
    Select Case e.state
        Case EXFILEVIEWLib.SearchStateEnum.StartSearching
            Debug.Print("Start searching '" & AxExFileView1.Search & "' files")
        Case EXFILEVIEWLib.SearchStateEnum.EndSearching
            Debug.Print("End searching")
    End Select
End Sub

The following C# sample displays a message when searching the files starts or ends:

private void axExFileView1_SearchEvent(object sender, AxEXFILEVIEWLib._IExFileViewEvents_SearchEvent e)
{
	switch (e.state)
	{
		case EXFILEVIEWLib.SearchStateEnum.StartSearching:
		{
			System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Start searching '" + axExFileView1.Search + "' files.");
			break;
		}
		case EXFILEVIEWLib.SearchStateEnum.EndSearching:
		{
			System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("End searching");
			break;
		}
	}
}

The following VFP sample displays a message when searching the files starts or ends:

*** ActiveX Control Event ***
LPARAMETERS state

do case
	case state = 0
		wait window nowait "Start searching"
	case state = 1
		wait window nowait "End searching"
endcase