I've developed something to this effect. What you need to do is use the acrobat service that converts pdf to html, store this somewhere, then manipulate that html file and give them the option of viewing the first instance of the search term.
Adam > -----Original Message----- > From: Trey Rouse [mailto:trouse@;rice.edu] > Sent: 28 October 2002 23:16 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Verity and PDF > > > Afraid not. > > The full verity server has some help for this, but they handle it by > converting the pdf to html. Other than that, you have to use the built > in PDF search. > > Trey > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: charlie griefer [mailto:charlie@;griefer.com] > > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 1:10 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Verity and PDF > > > > Hey All: > > > > Using CF 5 and indexing a directory that contains a mix of htm and pdf > > files. Everything seems to be going ok, as far as successfully > indexing > > the > > collection, and searching... > > > > but (don't laugh, everybody's got one)... > > > > if the search term is found in a particular pdf, and I click the > link...it > > takes me to the first page of the pdf (which can be potentially 100 > > pages), > > meaning i've just got to use the Acrobat search tool. > > > > Is there something that i've overlooked, or a tweak that i can > perform, to > > get pdf files to return the page within the pdf that contains the > search > > criteria? > > > > TIA, > > charlie > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
