Smart Folder in Logic?

Hi everybody!
Just a simple question: why don't smart folders work in Logic? Is there a workaround about that?
I have a a smart folder with all my current LogicPro Songs, which obviously works fine in the finder, but when I click on it in the Logic browser, nothing shows up. What's up with that?
Thanks in advance!
Hellgi

Sorry guys, I just needed to wait longer to get the files. I'm on a dual 2.5Ghz with 8GB of ram and Spotlight is still pretty slow... but anyway, that answers my question!

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John,
We did not see any validation errors when we deployed, so I'm assuming these values were passed correctly through EPMA.
Please let me know if I can check in any other way.
About the evaluation order, I do not see that in the Planning, or System properties of the Smart list or the Dimension members in the shared library.
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