DOCUMENT:Q293885 04-APR-2001 [iis] TITLE :How to Search a WebDAV Directory with XML PRODUCT :Internet Information Server PROD/VER::5.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= Searching a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) directory with XML requires the following: - The directory in which the content is located must be on a drive formatted for NTFS. If you put the directory on a drive formatted for the file allocation table (FAT) file system, clients can search for resource content, but they cannot search for resource properties. - Indexing Service must be running. - In the Internet Information Services (IIS) snap-in, the Virtual Directory properties for your WebDAV directory must have the Index this resource and Read access options selected. By using the Microsoft implementation of WebDAV, you can create a tool for clients to search a directory for content, properties, or both. The following example (of a raw request) demonstrates a basic search command from which you can create a tool: SEARCH / HTTP/1.1 Host: iis Content-Type: text/xml Content-Length: 157 Select "DAV:displayname" FROM SCOPE() For details on how to create a search tool, see the Microsoft Platform SDK. MORE INFORMATION ================ The example in this article is a very basic sample. Using the WebDAV search verb in conjunction with Indexing Service is unsupported and may return unexpected results. If you want to take advantage of all of the indexing and searching capabilities of the Windows 2000 Indexing Service, Microsoft recommends that you access the Indexing Service and its APIs with Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP). If you have questions about how to search Exchange DAV folders with XML, contact Microsoft Exchange Server Support. Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbiisSearch kbiis500 Version : :5.0 Issue type : kbhowto Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.