SearchController Server Control

Each Input and Results View control has a corresponding SearchController Control. See table below.

Input and Results View control	SearchController Control
SiteSearch	SiteSearchController
ProductSearch	ProductSearchController
UserSearch	UserSearchController
XMLSearch	XMLSearchController

The SearchController control takes input from a SearchInputView control, and returns results to a SearchResultsView control. It provides an interface to the search API, thereby giving SearchView controls access to search data.

You can modify Ektron's SearchController or write your own.

The SearchController executes a search using a query string from the SiteSearchInputView control's Text property, as specified in the code-behind's Onclick event.

Unlike the other search controls, SearchController has no UI functionality. So, there is no corresponding .ascx file.

Use only one SearchController per page.

Required SearchController Properties

ID - provides the association for the SiteSearchInputView and SiteSearchResultsView server controls. here is an example of the ID property with the SiteSearchController.

<ektron:SiteSearchController ID="SiteSearchController1" runat="server" />

Optional SearchController Properties

AdvancedQueryText - see Using the Advanced Query Text Parameter