Un-McFreakin beleivable!!!
Steve
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From: "Barbara J. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 07:45 PM
Subject: re: Problems indexing pdf files
> I found this on the Support Forum on Allaire's website. Does it apply to
> your problem?
> Date: March 09, 2000 03:16 PM
> Author: Mark Conger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
> Subject: CONFIRMED BUG WITH VERITY AND ACROBAT 4
> TO ANYONE USING PDF and VERITY:
> Finally got confirmation that Adobe Acrobat 4 PDF files will not index
> properly with the Verity search engine. Contacted verity directly and got
> the following response. To Verity's credit, it's really an Adobe problem.
> Hope this helps all of you who are using PDF's with Verity. Note that
Adobe
> 3 files work fine.
> MESSAGE:
> Hello,
> Verity is aware of the Adobe 4.0 issue and we are working with Adobe on an
> escalated basis to get this fixed.
> Adobe used Unicode in their 4.0 files which Verity does not support.
> Therefore we cannot view the file correctly and there is not a work around
> available. Verity hopes to have this fixed within a reasonable timeframe.
> The bug number for this issue is 52305. To follow progress on this bug
> please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the bug number enclosed.
> Best regards, Tanya Berry Escalation Coordinator [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.verity.com Connecting People with
> Information
> END OF MESSAGE
> (http://forums.allaire.com/devconf/Index.cfm?Message_ID=457056)
> Date: March 09, 2000 04:53 PM
> Author: Zak Kazmierczak ([EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
> Subject: Actually, this sounds like a Verity problem
> Verity can't read Unicode? That is *not* a good thing. Particularly for
when
> you get into those double-byte languages, like Japanese, that depend on
> Unicode.
> Personally, I think this is a problem with Verity not supporting enough,
> instead of Adobe using an annoying (but standard and probably superior)
> document coding system.
> DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed in this post are exactly that.
> (http://forums.allaire.com/devconf/Index.cfm?Message_ID=457202)
> Date: March 10, 2000 03:07 PM
> Author: Mark Conger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
> Subject: Hope it's fixed soon...
> I've got around this mess by just not including the title field in the
query
> results. Makes it hard for the user to determine what the file really is,
> but it beats the heck out of users calling to say "There's garbage on my
> screen. Come fix it!"
> As far as Unicode goes, I think it's a little underhanded for Adobe to
> change it's file structure unannounced. That is an assumption, of course.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 7:53 AM
> Subject: Problems indexing pdf files
> > Hi, folks.
> >
> > One of our programmers is having problems indexing pdf's into a Verity
> collection. I was able to do it a couple of weeks ago for a different
> project w/o a problem, and don't really see
> > anything wrong in his code.
> >
> > He's been able to index other file types just fine as part of the same
> application. Have any of you ever run across problems with indexing pdf's?
> >
> > We've tried blowing away the collections and starting over, to no avail.
> >
> > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Steve Ray
> > Matrix
>
>
> Barbara J Smith Consulting
> http://www.bjsconsulting.com
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 651.365.0822
>
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