You could try Windows Desktop Search http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/defaul t.mspx In version 3.0 of the Windows Desktop Search, you can include file extensions to be searched as follows: Right click on the magnifying glass in the task tray Choose "Windows Desktop Search Options ..." Choose "Advanced" from the Indexing Options form Choose the "File Types" tab. Make sure .ijs is checked At the bottom of the tab is the option to Index only the properties or Properties and File Contents.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Devon > McCormick > Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2007 09:08 > To: J-programming forum > Subject: [Jprogramming] Ineffective Windows search tool > > Has anyone else had a problem with the Windows (XP) search > tool? I've found that when I search, e.g. the J directory > for a word I expect to find in a script (.ijs) file, I get no > hits even when I have a file with that word in it. The newer > tool that comes with Office 2007 is even worse - there is no > apparent option to search file contents - but the older tool > is still available. However, this is a moot point if the > older tool doesn't work. > > For example, I create the file "testSearch.ijs" containing > the single line: > > NB. Test if Windows search can find "discombobulate". > > then I right click on a directory above the one where this > file is saved, enter "discombobulate" in the entry field for > the "A word or phrase in the file:" option, and click on the > "Search" button. This finds no files. > > I find myself using ancient DOS tools - "sweep" and "grep" - > for an effective search. Is there anything about the "ijs" > suffix that might quietly exclude these files from > consideration by Windows? > > -- > Devon McCormick, CFA > ^me^ at acm. > org is my > preferred e-mail > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
