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FolderItem.VolSupportsCatSearchMBS as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Catalog Search MBS MacClassic Plugin ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns true if this volume supports Catalog Search which only HFS(+) volumes does for now.
Example
dim v as folderitem
v=volume(0) // boot volume
if v.VolSupportsCatSearchMBS then
msgbox "CatSearchMBS class will be fast!"
end if

Returns true if the volume is valid and supports the CatSearchMBS functions. Returns false otherwise. From this you can tell whether a search will be fast or slow when using CatSearchOpen with the "allowRecursiveSearch" parameter set to true.

Some examples using this method:

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