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asptoday_discuss thread: Searching/Sorting PDF file names
Message #1 by marcpointer@m... on Thu, 21 Feb 2002 19:18:26
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Hello,
This is either simple or complicated, but I've been tasked to build a
simple search interface with search choices for a group of
folders/directories filled with PDF documents. I'm a little "foggy" as
to how to approach this. If anyone has any ideas about how to approach
this task, it would be very appreciated. I'm open for any suggestions
toward any type of solution.
It's simple, up front, however these documents are updated frequently
enough that it would seem logical to put these inside a table and use
script to pull from there, though how would the documents be placed
inside the table? I do know that the file names can be placed as
hyperlinks - pointing to the files on the server - but how would that be
interpreted using ASP? As well as with a search interface?
Man, I'm in desparate need of some assistance..
Thanks,
Marc Pointer
Message #2 by David Stamper <davids@s...> on Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:31:56 +0000
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Hi Marc,
Have you investigated using Microsoft Index Server? This allows you to
search full text of documents, and you can choose which folders to look in
by programming the query object. The indexing is done in the background so
you will not have to write a script to do that. I believe there is some
sort of plug-in which indexes PDF files (it indexes MS Office documents by
default).
Hope this is useful,
Dave
At 19:18 21/02/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>This is either simple or complicated, but I've been tasked to build a
>simple search interface with search choices for a group of
>folders/directories filled with PDF documents. I'm a little "foggy" as
>to how to approach this. If anyone has any ideas about how to approach
>this task, it would be very appreciated. I'm open for any suggestions
>toward any type of solution.
>
>It's simple, up front, however these documents are updated frequently
>enough that it would seem logical to put these inside a table and use
>script to pull from there, though how would the documents be placed
>inside the table? I do know that the file names can be placed as
>hyperlinks - pointing to the files on the server - but how would that be
>interpreted using ASP? As well as with a search interface?
>
>Man, I'm in desparate need of some assistance..
>
>Thanks,
>Marc Pointer
Message #3 by "Eric Van Buren" <evanbure@m...> on Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:33:24 -0500
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Index Server would be very good in this situation (IMO). I've used the
Adobe PDF filter for IIS for awhile now and it works very well.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=1276
-----Original Message-----
From: David Stamper [mailto:davids@s...]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:32 PM
To: ASPToday Discuss
Subject: [asptoday_discuss] Re: Searching/Sorting PDF file names
Hi Marc,
Have you investigated using Microsoft Index Server? This allows you to
search full text of documents, and you can choose which folders to look
in
by programming the query object. The indexing is done in the background
so
you will not have to write a script to do that. I believe there is some
sort of plug-in which indexes PDF files (it indexes MS Office documents
by
default).
Hope this is useful,
Dave
At 19:18 21/02/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>This is either simple or complicated, but I've been tasked to build a
>simple search interface with search choices for a group of
>folders/directories filled with PDF documents. I'm a little "foggy" as
>to how to approach this. If anyone has any ideas about how to approach
>this task, it would be very appreciated. I'm open for any suggestions
>toward any type of solution.
>
>It's simple, up front, however these documents are updated frequently
>enough that it would seem logical to put these inside a table and use
>script to pull from there, though how would the documents be placed
>inside the table? I do know that the file names can be placed as
>hyperlinks - pointing to the files on the server - but how would that
be
>interpreted using ASP? As well as with a search interface?
>
>Man, I'm in desparate need of some assistance..
>
>Thanks,
>Marc Pointer
Message #4 by "Marc Pointer" <marcpointer@m...> on Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:47:45 -0500
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Thanks Dave, I'll take heed to your advice and investigate MS Index
Server.
Thanks...Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: David Stamper
To: ASPToday Discuss
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:31 PM
Subject: [asptoday_discuss] Re: Searching/Sorting PDF file names
Hi Marc,
Have you investigated using Microsoft Index Server? This allows you to
search full text of documents, and you can choose which folders to
look in
by programming the query object. The indexing is done in the
background so
you will not have to write a script to do that. I believe there is
some
sort of plug-in which indexes PDF files (it indexes MS Office
documents by
default).
Hope this is useful,
Dave
At 19:18 21/02/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>This is either simple or complicated, but I've been tasked to build a
>simple search interface with search choices for a group of
>folders/directories filled with PDF documents. I'm a little "foggy"
as
>to how to approach this. If anyone has any ideas about how to
approach
>this task, it would be very appreciated. I'm open for any
suggestions
>toward any type of solution.
>
>It's simple, up front, however these documents are updated frequently
>enough that it would seem logical to put these inside a table and use
>script to pull from there, though how would the documents be placed
>inside the table? I do know that the file names can be placed as
>hyperlinks - pointing to the files on the server - but how would that
be
>interpreted using ASP? As well as with a search interface?
>
>Man, I'm in desparate need of some assistance..
>
>Thanks,
>Marc Pointer
Message #5 by "Marc Pointer" <marcpointer@m...> on Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:49:50 -0500
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Thanks a bunch, Eric. I'll look at Index Server and see what I can come
up with. I might have some questions, so please stand by.
Thanks...Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Van Buren
To: ASPToday Discuss
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:33 PM
Subject: [asptoday_discuss] Re: Searching/Sorting PDF file names
Index Server would be very good in this situation (IMO). I've used
the
Adobe PDF filter for IIS for awhile now and it works very well.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3D1276
-----Original Message-----
From: David Stamper [mailto:davids@s...]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:32 PM
To: ASPToday Discuss
Subject: [asptoday_discuss] Re: Searching/Sorting PDF file names
Hi Marc,
Have you investigated using Microsoft Index Server? This allows you to
search full text of documents, and you can choose which folders to
look
in
by programming the query object. The indexing is done in the
background
so
you will not have to write a script to do that. I believe there is
some
sort of plug-in which indexes PDF files (it indexes MS Office
documents
by
default).
Hope this is useful,
Dave
At 19:18 21/02/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>This is either simple or complicated, but I've been tasked to build a
>simple search interface with search choices for a group of
>folders/directories filled with PDF documents. I'm a little "foggy"
as
>to how to approach this. If anyone has any ideas about how to
approach
>this task, it would be very appreciated. I'm open for any
suggestions
>toward any type of solution.
>
>It's simple, up front, however these documents are updated frequently
>enough that it would seem logical to put these inside a table and use
>script to pull from there, though how would the documents be placed
>inside the table? I do know that the file names can be placed as
>hyperlinks - pointing to the files on the server - but how would that
be
>interpreted using ASP? As well as with a search interface?
>
>Man, I'm in desparate need of some assistance..
>
>Thanks,
>Marc Pointer
Message #6 by "Jason Salas" <jason@k...> on Fri, 22 Feb 2002 10:22:08 +1000
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Xerox Corporation has an API for its Digital Document Center line of copiers
that allows PDFs to be archived, indexed and searched through. Basically,
the concept is that the app has to do "OCR on the fly"; this can be done by
sevral third-party components in existence. There are also several
components which allow ASP form-generated content to be saved on a server as
a PDF file....and then the aforementioned technologies to search through
them.
HTH,
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: <marcpointer@m...>
To: "ASPToday Discuss" <asptoday_discuss@p...>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 7:18 PM
Subject: [asptoday_discuss] Searching/Sorting PDF file names
> Hello,
>
> This is either simple or complicated, but I've been tasked to build a
> simple search interface with search choices for a group of
> folders/directories filled with PDF documents. I'm a little "foggy" as
> to how to approach this. If anyone has any ideas about how to approach
> this task, it would be very appreciated. I'm open for any suggestions
> toward any type of solution.
>
> It's simple, up front, however these documents are updated frequently
> enough that it would seem logical to put these inside a table and use
> script to pull from there, though how would the documents be placed
> inside the table? I do know that the file names can be placed as
> hyperlinks - pointing to the files on the server - but how would that be
> interpreted using ASP? As well as with a search interface?
>
> Man, I'm in desparate need of some assistance..
>
> Thanks,
> Marc Pointer
>
Message #7 by "Marc Pointer" <marcpointer@m...> on Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:13:12 -0500
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Thanks, Jason. I really appreciate the input on this matter. I'll go
to Xerox and check it out. What are your thoughts about using Index
Server to locate the PDF file titles as a means for searching? I've had
a couple of responses referring to this possible solution.
Many Thanks,
Marc P.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Salas
To: ASPToday Discuss
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 7:22 PM
Subject: [asptoday_discuss] Re: Searching/Sorting PDF file names
Xerox Corporation has an API for its Digital Document Center line of
copiers
that allows PDFs to be archived, indexed and searched through.
Basically,
the concept is that the app has to do "OCR on the fly"; this can be
done by
sevral third-party components in existence. There are also several
components which allow ASP form-generated content to be saved on a
server as
a PDF file....and then the aforementioned technologies to search
through
them.
HTH,
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: <marcpointer@m...>
To: "ASPToday Discuss" <asptoday_discuss@p...>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 7:18 PM
Subject: [asptoday_discuss] Searching/Sorting PDF file names
> Hello,
>
> This is either simple or complicated, but I've been tasked to build
a
> simple search interface with search choices for a group of
> folders/directories filled with PDF documents. I'm a little "foggy"
as
> to how to approach this. If anyone has any ideas about how to
approach
> this task, it would be very appreciated. I'm open for any
suggestions
> toward any type of solution.
>
> It's simple, up front, however these documents are updated
frequently
> enough that it would seem logical to put these inside a table and
use
> script to pull from there, though how would the documents be placed
> inside the table? I do know that the file names can be placed as
> hyperlinks - pointing to the files on the server - but how would
that be
> interpreted using ASP? As well as with a search interface?
>
> Man, I'm in desparate need of some assistance..
>
> Thanks,
> Marc Pointer
>
Message #8 by "Jason Salas" <jason@k...> on Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:20:12 +1000
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that would be a good way to go. :)
----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Pointer
To: ASPToday Discuss
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 1:13 PM
Subject: [asptoday_discuss] Re: Searching/Sorting PDF file names
Thanks, Jason. I really appreciate the input on this matter. I'll go
to Xerox and check it out. What are your thoughts about using Index
Server to locate the PDF file titles as a means for searching? I've had
a couple of responses referring to this possible solution.
Many Thanks,
Marc P.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Salas
To: ASPToday Discuss
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 7:22 PM
Subject: [asptoday_discuss] Re: Searching/Sorting PDF file names
Xerox Corporation has an API for its Digital Document Center line of
copiers
that allows PDFs to be archived, indexed and searched through.
Basically,
the concept is that the app has to do "OCR on the fly"; this can be
done by
sevral third-party components in existence. There are also several
components which allow ASP form-generated content to be saved on a
server as
a PDF file....and then the aforementioned technologies to search
through
them.
HTH,
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: <marcpointer@m...>
To: "ASPToday Discuss" <asptoday_discuss@p...>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 7:18 PM
Subject: [asptoday_discuss] Searching/Sorting PDF file names
> Hello,
>
> This is either simple or complicated, but I've been tasked to
build a
> simple search interface with search choices for a group of
> folders/directories filled with PDF documents. I'm a little
"foggy" as
> to how to approach this. If anyone has any ideas about how to
approach
> this task, it would be very appreciated. I'm open for any
suggestions
> toward any type of solution.
>
> It's simple, up front, however these documents are updated
frequently
> enough that it would seem logical to put these inside a table and
use
> script to pull from there, though how would the documents be
placed
> inside the table? I do know that the file names can be placed as
> hyperlinks - pointing to the files on the server - but how would
that be
> interpreted using ASP? As well as with a search interface?
>
> Man, I'm in desparate need of some assistance..
>
> Thanks,
> Marc Pointer
>
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