You might also check out webinator from www.thunderstone.com. I believe it
has the functionality you are looking for.
Also, CF5 will include an updated version of Verity K2 but I am not sure
what the new features are.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carlson, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:31 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: CF, Verity, and External collections
Thanks for the feedback! One constraint we are stuck with is that all the
documents are on another Solaris server, which does not have its own web
server. So, I need to somehow remotely index those files and, when the user
selects one from a search output list, the file can be FTP'd to a "viewing
area" on the web server, or downloaded to the user's PC.
According to Verity, the Search97 tool is now out of date, and they are
pushing something called "K2". It seems a bit pricey for what we want ($15K
per CPU, plus $80 per user seat)
I've started to look at other alternatives, such as dtsearch ($1K per
server, been around a while, but not available on Solaris) and PLWeb Turbo,
a FREE web search engine from AOL at www.pls.com (but its "spiders" may not
be able to "crawl" outside the web domain, I'm looking for more info.)
Any additional suggestions would be appreciated.
Regards,
Kevin Carlson
AT&T Wireless Services
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 19:36:33 -0600
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: CF, Verity, and External collections
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Kevin,
I did this a couple years ago on a Solaris system. I created the collections
using Verity SEARCH'97 and was able to register those collections in CF on
the same machine. I can't remember if I had to tweak the style files or not.
I don't think so though.
As for returning the pages I either used CFHTTP (scrapping) or sent them to
that page.
Regards,
Rob Rusher
Spectra Architect, Macromedia Certified Instructor + Developer, Sun
Certified Java Programmer
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plan, build and integrate interactive applications and e-business services
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-----Original Message-----
From: Carlson, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 2:57 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: CF, Verity, and External collections
I'm interested in indexing and searching documents outside our web domain,
using "external collections" and native Verity tools, then using CFSEARCH to
retrieve the file path of search matches.
Has anyone successfully done this? If so, how?
Also, once a document file path is identified, how can the doc be retrieved
if it is outside the web domain? Using CFFTP?
Thanks,
Kevin Carlson
AT&T Wireless Services
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