photo gallery s search box not consistent regular windo

Hi
I've been tagging a number of my images and performing some test queries against them. I've been using a combination of:
- Windows Search UI via Start->Search the Index - Windows Gallery GUI to select/mutliple select tags on the left pane - Windows Gallery Search box
What I've noticed is that the Windows Gallery Search box doesn't accept the same query syntax as the Windows Search UI. For example the following is allowed in the Windows Search UI but doesn't return any results in Windows Gallery.
tag:quinton tag:marcelle
In Windows Gallery this fails to return pictures tagged with marcelle or quinton.
Typing just quinton by itself works, so it seems to match the text against tags automatically and against filenames.
However I can't get this to work in the search box "quinton or marcelle" or "quinton and marcelle". It's probably seeing the complete query text as a single tag/filename.
Is there any documentation on the query syntax and options for the search box in Windows Gallery?
Any reason it isn't consistent with regular Windows Search? I can understand allowing shortcuts like not having to specify 'tag' but assuming it as a default, but I think it should in addition support the Windows Search UI syntax as well.
Cheers

Might want to bug this :o) Available options here: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Sean McLeod" wrote in message

Hi
I've been tagging a number of my images and performing some test queries against them. I've been using a combination of:
- Windows Search UI via Start->Search the Index - Windows Gallery GUI to select/mutliple select tags on the left pane - Windows Gallery Search box
What I've noticed is that the Windows Gallery Search box doesn't accept the same query syntax as the Windows Search UI. For example the following is allowed in the Windows Search UI but doesn't return any results in Windows Gallery.
tag:quinton tag:marcelle
In Windows Gallery this fails to return pictures tagged with marcelle or quinton.
Typing just quinton by itself works, so it seems to match the text against tags automatically and against filenames.
However I can't get this to work in the search box "quinton or marcelle" or "quinton and marcelle". It's probably seeing the complete query text as a single tag/filename.
Is there any documentation on the query syntax and options for the search box in Windows Gallery?
Any reason it isn't consistent with regular Windows Search? I can understand allowing shortcuts like not having to specify 'tag' but assuming it as a default, but I think it should in addition support the Windows Search UI syntax as well.
Cheers

Indeed, feel free to bug it.
I've also forwarded this to the program manager responsible for the gallery search feature. I'll post a reply when I hear back from him.
-J
-- Thank! John Thornton Program Manager - Vista Photos Imaging and eXperience
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Might want to bug this :o) Available options here: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Sean McLeod" wrote in message Hi
I've been tagging a number of my images and performing some test queries against them. I've been using a combination of:
- Windows Search UI via Start->Search the Index - Windows Gallery GUI to select/mutliple select tags on the left pane - Windows Gallery Search box
What I've noticed is that the Windows Gallery Search box doesn't accept the same query syntax as the Windows Search UI. For example the following is allowed in the Windows Search UI but doesn't return any results in Windows Gallery.
tag:quinton tag:marcelle
In Windows Gallery this fails to return pictures tagged with marcelle or quinton.
Typing just quinton by itself works, so it seems to match the text against tags automatically and against filenames.
However I can't get this to work in the search box "quinton or marcelle" or "quinton and marcelle". It's probably seeing the complete query text as a single tag/filename.
Is there any documentation on the query syntax and options for the search box in Windows Gallery?
Any reason it isn't consistent with regular Windows Search? I can understand allowing shortcuts like not having to specify 'tag' but assuming it as a default, but I think it should in addition support the Windows Search UI syntax as well.
Cheers

The Windows Photo Gallery did not implement the advanced query syntax that Shell implemented due to limitations in our architecture. There is no query syntax in the Photo Gallery, all terms are and'ed together automatically.
Thank! John Thornton Program Manager - Vista Photos Imaging and eXperience
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "John Thornton [MSFT]" wrote in message

Indeed, feel free to bug it.
I've also forwarded this to the program manager responsible for the gallery search feature. I'll post a reply when I hear back from him.
-J
-- Thank! John Thornton Program Manager - Vista Photos Imaging and eXperience
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Might want to bug this :o) Available options here: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Sean McLeod" wrote in message Hi
I've been tagging a number of my images and performing some test queries against them. I've been using a combination of:
- Windows Search UI via Start->Search the Index - Windows Gallery GUI to select/mutliple select tags on the left pane - Windows Gallery Search box
What I've noticed is that the Windows Gallery Search box doesn't accept the same query syntax as the Windows Search UI. For example the following is allowed in the Windows Search UI but doesn't return any results in Windows Gallery.
tag:quinton tag:marcelle
In Windows Gallery this fails to return pictures tagged with marcelle or quinton.
Typing just quinton by itself works, so it seems to match the text against tags automatically and against filenames.
However I can't get this to work in the search box "quinton or marcelle" or "quinton and marcelle". It's probably seeing the complete query text as a single tag/filename.
Is there any documentation on the query syntax and options for the search box in Windows Gallery?
Any reason it isn't consistent with regular Windows Search? I can understand allowing shortcuts like not having to specify 'tag' but assuming it as a default, but I think it should in addition support the Windows Search UI syntax as well.
Cheers

Yep thats a pity and a bit inconsistent between the UI tag selection in Photo Gallery and the search box in Photo Gallery.
For example clicking on mutliple tags in the UI results in a search or'ing the selected tags, where as typing in the same set of tags in the search box results in an and'ing of them.
Cheers
"John Thornton [MSFT]" wrote in message

The Windows Photo Gallery did not implement the advanced query syntax that Shell implemented due to limitations in our architecture. There is no query syntax in the Photo Gallery, all terms are and'ed together automatically.
Thank! John Thornton Program Manager - Vista Photos Imaging and eXperience
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "John Thornton [MSFT]" wrote in message Indeed, feel free to bug it.
I've also forwarded this to the program manager responsible for the gallery search feature. I'll post a reply when I hear back from him.
-J
-- Thank! John Thornton Program Manager - Vista Photos Imaging and eXperience
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Might want to bug this :o) Available options here: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Sean McLeod" wrote in message Hi
I've been tagging a number of my images and performing some test queries against them. I've been using a combination of:
- Windows Search UI via Start->Search the Index - Windows Gallery GUI to select/mutliple select tags on the left pane - Windows Gallery Search box
What I've noticed is that the Windows Gallery Search box doesn't accept the same query syntax as the Windows Search UI. For example the following is allowed in the Windows Search UI but doesn't return any results in Windows Gallery.
tag:quinton tag:marcelle
In Windows Gallery this fails to return pictures tagged with marcelle or quinton.
Typing just quinton by itself works, so it seems to match the text against tags automatically and against filenames.
However I can't get this to work in the search box "quinton or marcelle" or "quinton and marcelle". It's probably seeing the complete query text as a single tag/filename.
Is there any documentation on the query syntax and options for the search box in Windows Gallery?
Any reason it isn't consistent with regular Windows Search? I can understand allowing shortcuts like not having to specify 'tag' but assuming it as a default, but I think it should in addition support the Windows Search UI syntax as well.
Cheers