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To Determine State of Content Explorer Window
Enter CONTENTEXPLORERSTATE on the command line to retrieve a read-only
variable indicating whether the Content Explorer window is open or closed.
Understand How Content Is Indexed
When a folder is specified as a watched folder, the Content Service, a
companion component to Content Explorer, indexes all of the design files
and design objects in the folder, including associated metadata.
Content Service continues to monitor the folders in the background and
updates the index to reflect any changes to design objects and files, including
new objects and folders, edits to existing files, and deletions.
When Content Explorer performs a search, it references the index maintained.
Since the index is constantly updated with changes, Content Explorer obtains
real-time results immediately.
Indexing Stages
The indexing occurs in three stages, with deeper indexing occurring with each
stage. The stages can be determined by the thumbnails displayed in the
Content Explorer window.
DescriptionIcon DisplayedStage
File has been discovered by the indexer.1
By the end of this stage, file name and
standard Windows properties have been
extracted. You can search for file names
and Windows properties, but you cannot
explore the content within the file.
NOTE Since all text and attributes in the
files are indexed, the initial index of the
files contained in the watched folders may
take some time to complete.
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