Thank you for your reply, Mike. You are absolutely correct - it is a problem with the way M'Soft exports to html. I was able to get round the problem by shuffling the settings in PowerPoint, but the final output still has that unmistakably M'Soft look about it.
For the interest of any other folk who might read this, two alternative export utilities were brought to my attention: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/FAQ00004.htm The Office Accessibility Wizard created by the University of Illinois at http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/software/office/ It produces almost 'accessible' html directly from PowerPoint. and 'OpenOffice' as a third wild card. Apparently capable of a clean export. thanks again, peter .......... > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Flynn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 6:05 PM > To: Robson, Peter; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [htdig] Difficulty displaying correct results in htDig > > > Peter, > > I believe this is a problem with the way PowerPoint exports > reports to > HTML, not htdig. I'm pretty sure PowerPoint puts JavaScript on the > sub-pages of exported slideshows to reload the frameset of > the slideshow if > users try to open an individual slide out of context of the slideshow > frameset. This way you get the whole slideshow and not just > the individual > slide, from which users wouldn't be able to navigate > anywhere. So you can > either go in and tinker with the exported slideshow's > JavaScript by hand > after every time you export a slideshow, or you can try to change > FrontPage's settings (if it has any for exporting), or devise some > complicated workaround using htdig and server-side scripting > to have an > intermediary script try to open the pages within the frameset > when users > link to them from htdig. > > -Mike > > At 05:40 PM 2/9/2004 +0000, you wrote: > >A steep learning curve with htdig, coming with minimal Unix > experieince. > > > >However, one problem I have on which any advice would be valued. > > > >I am indexeing a number of PowerPoint documents, which have > been convereted > >to html. Their structure is that for each ppt doc, a subdirectory is > >created, in which all relevant pages and associated files > are dumped. A > >small htm script file exists in the root directory, pointing > to the first > >page of the ppt converted htm in the relevant subdirectory. > > > >So far so good - rundig does its stuff, reads all the htm > pages on the top > >directory and all subsiduary directories, and creates all > the db files (and > >signs off with a segmentation fault just to unsettle one), > but the search > >facility does actually work with one bizarre twist. The correct page > >(perhaps page 'n' of the ppt file, not page 1) does return > in the search > >result list. But clicking on it sees that page flash > momentarily onto the > >browser window, to be immediately replaced with the first > page of the ppt / > >htm file. I cannot get the correct page to display, even > though the URL > >address in the search page is correct. > > > >Any ideas? > > > >thanks, > > > >peter > >edinburgh > > > > > > > >********************************************************************* > >This e-mail message, and any files transmitted with it, are > >confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. If > >this message was not addressed to you, you have received it in error > >and any copying, distribution or other use of any part of it is > >strictly prohibited. Any views or opinions presented are solely those > >of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the British > >Geological Survey. 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