Invoke search from script?

[Dinkle]

Hello. I thought I'd search for this for a few hours, which turned into about eight. So now I'm going to break down and ask.

Does anyone know of a way to invoke the Search from a script and pass a string to the "search for text" combo/drop-down box? Better yet, any documentation on "Search" manipulation, so that I could take fly this to the moon? Either would be incredibly good.

Thanks so much.

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