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Synchronous Searching

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The Device Finder object enables both synchronous and asynchronous searches. Synchronous searches are completed and return control to the calling application only after all available devices are found. To perform a synchronous search, use one of the synchronous search methods of the IUPnPDeviceFinder:IDispatch interface.

**Note   **Synchronous searches are best used for command-line interfaces. They are not recommended for graphical user interfaces, because the time required to complete them is often greater than nine seconds.

The IUPnPDeviceFinder::FindByType method searches by device or service type. This method takes a type URI as an input parameter and returns a collection of Device objects. A Device object represents an individual device.

**Note   **Synchronous searches will only find devices that are on the network at the time of the search.

See Also

Device Location | IUPnPDeviceFinder:IDispatch | IUPnPDeviceFinder::FindByType

 Last updated on Saturday, April 10, 2004

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