NSPredicateMBS.Constructor(predicateFormat as string)

dim n as new NSPredicateMBS("kMDItemContentType=""com.apple.application-bundle""")
MsgBox n.predicateFormat

predicateFormat: The format string for the new predicate.
arguments: Optional, the arguments to substitute into predicateFormat. Values are substituted into predicateFormat in the order they appear in the array.

You get a new predicate by substituting the values in arguments into predicateFormat, and parsing the result.
For details of the format of the format string and of limitations on variable substitution, see Predicate Format String Syntax:
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Predicates/Articles/pSyntax.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001795

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

See also:

• Constructor(predicateFormat as string, arguments() as Variant)
• Constructor(value as boolean)

NSPredicateMBS.Constructor(predicateFormat as string, arguments() as Variant)

// we use one parameter here
dim s() as Variant
s.Append "com.apple.application-bundle"

dim n as new NSPredicateMBS("kMDItemContentType=%@", s)

// shows final string
MsgBox n.predicateFormat

predicateFormat: The format string for the new predicate.
arguments: Optional, the arguments to substitute into predicateFormat. Values are substituted into predicateFormat in the order they appear in the array.

You get a new predicate by substituting the values in arguments into predicateFormat, and parsing the result.
For details of the format of the format string and of limitations on variable substitution, see Predicate Format String Syntax:
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Predicates/Articles/pSyntax.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001795

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

See also:

• Constructor(predicateFormat as string)
• Constructor(value as boolean)

NSPredicateMBS.Constructor(value as boolean)

dim n as new NSPredicateMBS(true)
MsgBox n.predicateFormat

See also:

• Constructor(predicateFormat as string)
• Constructor(predicateFormat as string, arguments() as Variant)

NSPredicateMBS.description as string

dim args() as Variant
args.Append NSMetadataItemMBS.NSMetadataItemFSNameKey
dim pred as NSPredicateMBS = NSPredicateMBS.predicateWithFormat("%K LIKE '*'", args)
MsgBox pred.description

This is a text representation for debugging.

NSPredicateMBS.predicateFormat as string

The string returned by this method is not guaranteed to be the same as a string used to create the predicate.

NSPredicateMBS.Print

You can see result in Console.app.