Re: FM Search Tools

[Paul Findon]

On 7 Nov 2007, at 09:06, Shmuel Wolfson wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools  
that does a good job searching FM files?


This won't help you because you're running Windows, but EasyFind by  
Devon Technologies is a great tool for searching the contents FM  
binary files on Mac OS X.


Mac OS X's Spotlight doesn't search in FrameMaker files because  
there's no plug-in available. EasyFind, however, does, and in my  
initial tests it appears to work brilliantly and helped me locate  
several FM files whose names I couldn't remember.


http://devon-technologies.com/download/

Paul

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FM Search Tools

[Shmuel Wolfson]

Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools that 
does a good job searching FM files?


Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson



Scott Prentice wrote:

Hi Jim...

A quick test shows me that the name of the referenced inset is visible 
as plain text within the binary FM file (FM7.2). I can't say for sure 
that this is 100% reliable, but I'll bet that it is. You should be 
able to do a text search (using a reliable tool .. not the default 
Windows Search) of the suspect inset host files using the filename of 
the inset.


The only other way I know of would be with an FDK plugin or 
FrameScript that would crawl the directory structure, open each file 
and look for the inset .. I don't think that such a plugin/script 
exists, but it would be fairly simple to create.


Good luck!

...scott

Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892



Pinkham, Jim wrote:

I've learned of an error in a text inset for one of our manuals. It
poses the obvious question of how many other manuals may carry the same
error. Is there a streamlined way to determine which manuals may contain
a particular text inset -- short of opening all 62 books and running the
archive plug-in on each?
 
TIA,

Jim




  

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Re: FM Search Tools

[Yves Barbion]

I use Windows Grep (www.wingrep.com) for this, but I've heard good things
about PowerGrep too (www.powergrep.com).

Good luck and best regards

-- 
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On Nov 7, 2007 10:06 AM, Shmuel Wolfson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools that
 does a good job searching FM files?

 Regards,
 Shmuel Wolfson



 Scott Prentice wrote:
  Hi Jim...
 
  A quick test shows me that the name of the referenced inset is visible
  as plain text within the binary FM file (FM7.2). I can't say for sure
  that this is 100% reliable, but I'll bet that it is. You should be
  able to do a text search (using a reliable tool .. not the default
  Windows Search) of the suspect inset host files using the filename of
  the inset.
 
  The only other way I know of would be with an FDK plugin or
  FrameScript that would crawl the directory structure, open each file
  and look for the inset .. I don't think that such a plugin/script
  exists, but it would be fairly simple to create.
 
  Good luck!
 
  ...scott
 
  Scott Prentice
  Leximation, Inc.
  www.leximation.com
  +1.415.485.1892
 
 
 
  Pinkham, Jim wrote:
  I've learned of an error in a text inset for one of our manuals. It
  poses the obvious question of how many other manuals may carry the same
  error. Is there a streamlined way to determine which manuals may
 contain
  a particular text inset -- short of opening all 62 books and running
 the
  archive plug-in on each?
 
  TIA,
  Jim
 
 
 
 
 
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RE: FM Search Tools

[Charles Beck]

You can also use the Copernic Desktop Search tool, which is free. This
thing is incredible! I use it all the time for many, many different
types of searches, including content in Frame files. You can customize
what types of files are indexed/searched, and it is incredibly fast. For
most file types (but not Frame), you can also preview the return
results. 

I recommend it highly, and the price is certainly right!

Chuck Beck

Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 |
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Re: FM Search Tools

[Doug]

On 11/7/07, Shmuel Wolfson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools that
 does a good job searching FM files?

I think Agent Ransack kicks serious bootay...

--Doug
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RE: FM Search Tools

[Pinkham, Jim]

I've used Windows Desktop Search daily for about a year. It does a great
job of searching numerous file types including .fm and .pdf files. 

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Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:06 AM
To: Techshoret; Framers
Subject: FM Search Tools

Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools that
does a good job searching FM files?

Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson



Scott Prentice wrote:
 Hi Jim...

 A quick test shows me that the name of the referenced inset is visible

 as plain text within the binary FM file (FM7.2). I can't say for sure 
 that this is 100% reliable, but I'll bet that it is. You should be 
 able to do a text search (using a reliable tool .. not the default 
 Windows Search) of the suspect inset host files using the filename of 
 the inset.

 The only other way I know of would be with an FDK plugin or 
 FrameScript that would crawl the directory structure, open each file 
 and look for the inset .. I don't think that such a plugin/script 
 exists, but it would be fairly simple to create.

 Good luck!

 ...scott

 Scott Prentice
 Leximation, Inc.
 www.leximation.com
 +1.415.485.1892



 Pinkham, Jim wrote:
 I've learned of an error in a text inset for one of our manuals. It 
 poses the obvious question of how many other manuals may carry the 
 same error. Is there a streamlined way to determine which manuals may

 contain a particular text inset -- short of opening all 62 books and 
 running the archive plug-in on each?
  
 TIA,
 Jim




   
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RE: FM Search Tools

[Pinkham, Jim]

I just downloaded Agent Ransack. Fairly impressive. For the task I'm
after (locating the name of a text inset file in Frame binaries), it
pulled five of the six known instances -- better than the other two
tools I tried at 0 hits and 1 hit -- and it did so quickly. I also liked
the fact that it showed progress as it went and displayed results in the
window on the fly.

Jim

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On 11/7/07, Shmuel Wolfson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools that

 does a good job searching FM files?

I think Agent Ransack kicks serious bootay...

--Doug
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FM Search Tools

[Shmuel Wolfson]

Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools that 
does a good job searching FM files?

Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson



Scott Prentice wrote:
> Hi Jim...
>
> A quick test shows me that the name of the referenced inset is visible 
> as plain text within the binary FM file (FM7.2). I can't say for sure 
> that this is 100% reliable, but I'll bet that it is. You should be 
> able to do a text search (using a reliable tool .. not the default 
> Windows Search) of the suspect inset host files using the filename of 
> the inset.
>
> The only other way I know of would be with an FDK plugin or 
> FrameScript that would crawl the directory structure, open each file 
> and look for the inset .. I don't think that such a plugin/script 
> exists, but it would be fairly simple to create.
>
> Good luck!
>
> ...scott
>
> Scott Prentice
> Leximation, Inc.
> www.leximation.com
> +1.415.485.1892
>
>
>
> Pinkham, Jim wrote:
>> I've learned of an error in a text inset for one of our manuals. It
>> poses the obvious question of how many other manuals may carry the same
>> error. Is there a streamlined way to determine which manuals may contain
>> a particular text inset -- short of opening all 62 books and running the
>> archive plug-in on each?
>>  
>> TIA,
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   
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FM Search Tools

[Paul Findon]

On 7 Nov 2007, at 09:06, Shmuel Wolfson wrote:

> Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools  
> that does a good job searching FM files?

This won't help you because you're running Windows, but EasyFind by  
Devon Technologies is a great tool for searching the contents FM  
binary files on Mac OS X.

Mac OS X's Spotlight doesn't search in FrameMaker files because  
there's no plug-in available. EasyFind, however, does, and in my  
initial tests it appears to work brilliantly and helped me locate  
several FM files whose names I couldn't remember.



Paul

FM Search Tools

[Yves Barbion]

I use Windows Grep (www.wingrep.com) for this, but I've heard good things
about PowerGrep too (www.powergrep.com).

Good luck and best regards

-- 
Yves Barbion
Documentation Architect
Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor





On Nov 7, 2007 10:06 AM, Shmuel Wolfson  wrote:

> Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools that
> does a good job searching FM files?
>
> Regards,
> Shmuel Wolfson
>
>
>
> Scott Prentice wrote:
> > Hi Jim...
> >
> > A quick test shows me that the name of the referenced inset is visible
> > as plain text within the binary FM file (FM7.2). I can't say for sure
> > that this is 100% reliable, but I'll bet that it is. You should be
> > able to do a text search (using a reliable tool .. not the default
> > Windows Search) of the suspect inset host files using the filename of
> > the inset.
> >
> > The only other way I know of would be with an FDK plugin or
> > FrameScript that would crawl the directory structure, open each file
> > and look for the inset .. I don't think that such a plugin/script
> > exists, but it would be fairly simple to create.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > ...scott
> >
> > Scott Prentice
> > Leximation, Inc.
> > www.leximation.com
> > +1.415.485.1892
> >
> >
> >
> > Pinkham, Jim wrote:
> >> I've learned of an error in a text inset for one of our manuals. It
> >> poses the obvious question of how many other manuals may carry the same
> >> error. Is there a streamlined way to determine which manuals may
> contain
> >> a particular text inset -- short of opening all 62 books and running
> the
> >> archive plug-in on each?
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >> Jim
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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FM Search Tools

[Pinkham, Jim]

I've used Windows Desktop Search daily for about a year. It does a great
job of searching numerous file types including .fm and .pdf files. 

-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+jim.pinkham=voith@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+jim.pinkham=voith.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:06 AM
To: Techshoret; Framers
Subject: FM Search Tools

Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools that
does a good job searching FM files?

Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson



Scott Prentice wrote:
> Hi Jim...
>
> A quick test shows me that the name of the referenced inset is visible

> as plain text within the binary FM file (FM7.2). I can't say for sure 
> that this is 100% reliable, but I'll bet that it is. You should be 
> able to do a text search (using a reliable tool .. not the default 
> Windows Search) of the suspect inset host files using the filename of 
> the inset.
>
> The only other way I know of would be with an FDK plugin or 
> FrameScript that would crawl the directory structure, open each file 
> and look for the inset .. I don't think that such a plugin/script 
> exists, but it would be fairly simple to create.
>
> Good luck!
>
> ...scott
>
> Scott Prentice
> Leximation, Inc.
> www.leximation.com
> +1.415.485.1892
>
>
>
> Pinkham, Jim wrote:
>> I've learned of an error in a text inset for one of our manuals. It 
>> poses the obvious question of how many other manuals may carry the 
>> same error. Is there a streamlined way to determine which manuals may

>> contain a particular text inset -- short of opening all 62 books and 
>> running the archive plug-in on each?
>>  
>> TIA,
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   
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FM Search Tools

[Doug]

On 11/7/07, Shmuel Wolfson  wrote:
> Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools that
> does a good job searching FM files?

I think Agent Ransack kicks serious bootay...

--Doug

FM Search Tools

[Pinkham, Jim]

I just downloaded Agent Ransack. Fairly impressive. For the task I'm
after (locating the name of a text inset file in Frame binaries), it
pulled five of the six known instances -- better than the other two
tools I tried at 0 hits and 1 hit -- and it did so quickly. I also liked
the fact that it showed progress as it went and displayed results in the
window on the fly.

Jim

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To: Shmuel Wolfson
Cc: Framers
Subject: Re: FM Search Tools

On 11/7/07, Shmuel Wolfson  wrote:
> Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools that

> does a good job searching FM files?

I think Agent Ransack kicks serious bootay...

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FM Search Tools

[Charles Beck]

You can also use the Copernic Desktop Search tool, which is free. This
thing is incredible! I use it all the time for many, many different
types of searches, including content in Frame files. You can customize
what types of files are indexed/searched, and it is incredibly fast. For
most file types (but not Frame), you can also preview the return
results. 

I recommend it highly, and the price is certainly right!

Chuck Beck

Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 |
Charles.Beck at infor.com 


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Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:06 AM
To: Techshoret; Framers
Subject: FM Search Tools

Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools that
does a good job searching FM files?

Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson