Usually in the livelink system page it is usually a function of the Search Manager.In my 9.5 instance I click on the Search Manager ->Properties and Regions is one of the functionalities.This used to be the same way in 9.1 also although some of the newer checkboxes etc were not there.I do not know whether you can code these,I am not much of an expert.Maybe you should ask David Templeteon in OT.I think the Search by Default is a new thing in 9.5 I think it was being searched by default in pre 9.5.In 9.5 meta and content are treated separately so you have to explicitly turn that box for making it search like a 9.1 system
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