How to perform searches in MvcJqgrid from out side the MvcJqgrid tool

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Hi i am using MvcJqgrid. I have a textbox outside the Mvcjqgrid and i want to pass the search element on click of a button to

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how do we do it .Kindly provide me the sample code as i am a new to these techologies.