Yes, I believe it's MS-only, but Mark is running IIS - I checked ;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hank Marquardt [mailto:hmarq(at)yerpso.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 6:35 PM
> To: Ann Ezzell
> Cc: 'Hank Marquardt'; 'Johnson, Mark'; hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
> Subject: Re: searching/indexing pdf files from a web page
> 
> 
> Good to know there is something out there ... but it seems to 
> be MS only
> which limits it's utility some for me anyway.   I guess you 
> could always
> use a windows box to do the indexing and then use the index 
> on whatever
> platform you need ... 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:15:38PM -0700, Ann Ezzell wrote:
> > 
> > As I pointed out to Mark off-list, there's an iFilter for 
> PDFs that you
> > can install for Index Server / Indexing Services. Works 
> like a charm.
> > 
> > To see an example of this in action, go here:
> > 
> > http://www.gpworldwide.com/_sitesearch/default.asp
> > 
> > Search for biosparging.
> > 
> > You should get 3 results, two of which are PDFs.
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org 
> > > [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org] On Behalf Of Hank Marquardt
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 6:00 PM
> > > To: Johnson, Mark
> > > Cc: hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
> > > Subject: Re: searching/indexing pdf files from a web page
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I guess this will depend on your definition of 'search' ... 
> > > so you just
> > > mean the title(filename)?, perhaps a database of info 
> > > associated with the file, -or- do you mean search the 
> > > contents of the pdf file itself?
> > > 
> > > That last one doesn't seem plausible ... a quick google 
> search didn't
> > > turn up anything useful, and running 'strings' on a couple 
> > > pdf files on
> > > my machine yeilded nothing useful ... 
> > > 
> > > If it's just the filename or you have something in text form 
> > > that can be
> > > searched, you can do this with any server side language 
> you choose.
> > > 
> > > Need more detail of what there is to work with.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 12:33:47AM +0100, Johnson, Mark wrote:
> > > > I have an archive of 500 PDF documents.  I need to create a 
> > > web page that
> > > > searches the documents and creates an index of the results. 
> > >  What's the best
> > > > way to do this?
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,  Mark

> 

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