Yo Nanuck of da North ... (aka Alan the Alaskan wildman) did ya get a
confirmation from these jokers that they can index and hit highlight pdf
version 1.3 (unicode), before ya plinked down the jing?
If so cool!!! Got a url where they spell it out?
Do share.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "McCollough, Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Fusebox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 3:25 PM
Subject: RE: NOBODY expects the CFOBJECTing of Index Server on a remote bo
x!
> Okay, here's the skinny:
> I checked out a lotta different search engines at www.searchtools.com .
> Y'all should take a look at that site; it's the best collection of search
> engine stuff I've found.
>
> SoOoOo, anyhow, after reading a lot, and trying a demo or two, I put in my
> purchase order for dtSearch Web; a fine search engine, to the tune of $699
> (GSA Schedule). Check it out at www.dtsearch.com .
>
> The interesting thing is, there is a sister product, dtSearch Text
Retrieval
> Engine ($999), which is the developer's version of the dtSearch engine,
for
> those who wanna roll their own. This one will expose the dtSearch engine
as
> a COM object, so theoretically this could be used via CFOBJECT.
>
> Me, I'm into lazy-easy, so I'm gonna use the canned dtSearch Web, running
on
> a separate server. Hey, whadda I care if it ain't CF or Fusebox? It works,
> right??? For $699, I don't think its worth re-inventing the wheel.
However,
> if somebody else wants to pop the $999 (Hal, that's 1/5th of a student to
> you), I'm sure a totally awesome CF/FB driven search tool could be built.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wallick, Mike [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 11:22 AM
> > To: Fusebox
> > Subject: RE: NOBODY expects the CFOBJECTing of Index Server on a
> > remote bo x!
> >
> > Well, I know that ht://dig works well for cfml and html. There is also
an
> > add-on script called parse-doc.pl (or something like that) that allows
you
> > to set up your own document parsers. I know that there is a parser for
> > word
> > and excel, and acroread works well for PDFs. There is an Windows NT
> > version
> > of Ht://Dig out there, never tried it myself. I'm ruinning on Solaris 8
> > with
> > great results, but I have to admit, I haven't tried the doc converters
for
> > the 'nix OS's. I would imagine the Windows version would just use Office
> > apps to parse the docs.....
> > Well, anyway I'm babbling now, have a good one.
> >
> > Just my $0.02
> >
> > Mike Wallick
> > Web Services
> > Secure Computing Corporation
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: McCollough, Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 1:51 PM
> > To: Fusebox
> > Subject: RE: NOBODY expects the CFOBJECTing of Index Server on a
> > remote bo x!
> >
> > Okay, its a few days later and I'm sick of trying to get MS Index
> > Server working. Verity works, but in a crippled format. A visit to
> > www.verity.com reveals that they must be very expensive because nothing
is
> > priced, and its all "Contact Us"; which is of course the universal
signal
> > for "Prepare to be viciously gouged".
> >
> > SoOoOo, other than brand M or brand V, does AnYbOdY have a
> > recommendation on a search engine solution that can, without a ton of
> > coding, provide search functions for an intranet (not www based like
> > Atomz),
> > including searching through common office document formats (.doc, .pdf,
> > ...xls)??? Something that could possibly be integrated with FB?
> >
> >
> > >
> >
>
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