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ra294

2004-11-30, 9:04 am

I need to build an ASP.net application that index & search inside a folder
with PDF files.

I know I can use MS index server to index and search inside PDF files using
a plug-in from Adobe.

Anyone has any examples of implementation of such service in ASP.Net using
Index Server on Windows 2003?

I prefer, if possible, to search also inside CHM files. I know that Index
server does not support it. Any other search tools I can use for this
solution?



Thanks for your time.

ra294@hotmail.com




Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer) - MVP

2004-11-30, 4:03 pm

If you are up to rolling your own, you will need an LZX decompression class.
Perhaps someone has written an LZX StreamReader (I know there is a GZip
Reader class available as Open Source). You may end up having to wrap the LZW
compression DLLs from the Cabinet SDK:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../html/cabdl.asp

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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"ra294" wrote:

> I need to build an ASP.net application that index & search inside a folder
> with PDF files.
>
> I know I can use MS index server to index and search inside PDF files using
> a plug-in from Adobe.
>
> Anyone has any examples of implementation of such service in ASP.Net using
> Index Server on Windows 2003?
>
> I prefer, if possible, to search also inside CHM files. I know that Index
> server does not support it. Any other search tools I can use for this
> solution?
>
>
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> ra294@hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
>

Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer) - MVP

2004-11-30, 4:03 pm

Here is a project I found that wraps the Cabinet SDK. Have not tried the code
yet, but it might be a good start for a CAB reader to get to the CHM text.
http://www.codeproject.com/win32/cabinet.asp


---

Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

***************************
Think Outside the Box!
***************************

"ra294" wrote:

> I need to build an ASP.net application that index & search inside a folder
> with PDF files.
>
> I know I can use MS index server to index and search inside PDF files using
> a plug-in from Adobe.
>
> Anyone has any examples of implementation of such service in ASP.Net using
> Index Server on Windows 2003?
>
> I prefer, if possible, to search also inside CHM files. I know that Index
> server does not support it. Any other search tools I can use for this
> solution?
>
>
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> ra294@hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
>

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