Further customization of search results, show total number of search hits

Hi All,
I read this great article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/odc_SP2003_ta/html/ODC_SPSSearchBoxwithPortalSearchResults.asp

and implemented the solution in my test portal. It works great, and to
get some Boolean operators (AND OR NEAR), at last, is great, as is the
hit highlighting. Great solution and article.

However, the solution doesn't solve my biggest SharePoint search
results pet peeve: when you search and get over 40 results, I dislike
how it says "More than 40 results found", and then shows you 1 to 40,
and a link to the next page, that simply says 41-80.

At no point does it say, "Found 355. Results 1-40". Well, it does if
your search hits are less than the first page limit. Then it will say,
"29 results found. Results 1 - 29".

The reason this bothers me is that I want to know, right away, how many
results I got. The very number, in some cases, means how effective the
search was, especially when using Boolean operators to limit results.
So, knowing the total hits right off the bat would be very important.

I've looked over the .cs code for the solution above, and I don't see
anything there dealing with handling the results number text. I'll
assume this came from an inherited control of some kind.

Anyone familiar with the MSDN solution know where and how I might
change that?

Thanks,
Ben

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