AmyLin
February 8th, 2008, 07:44 AM
Getting Started
System requirements
Foxit PDF IFilter 1.0 requires the following environment: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
In addition, the environment must also contain Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.
To install Foxit PDF IFilter 1.0, please do the following:
a.Download Foxit PDF IFilter from Foxit Software Website
(http://www.foxitsoftware.com) onto the machine where you wish to install it.
b. Stop the IIS Admin service: Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrator Tools > Services > IIS Admin Service > Stop. Close window.
c.Run the Foxit PDF IFilter 1.0 Setup program to install the filter on the server.
d.Download PDF icon from http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/ifilter/pdficon.gif.
e.Copy the downloaded .GIF file to "Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\Template\Images". Edit the file “Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web server extensions\12\Template\Xml\DOCICON.XML”:
1. Right-click DOCICON.XML file > click Open With > select Notepad.
2. Add an entry for the .pdf extension. For example, where ICPDF is the name of the .gif file: <Mapping Key="pdf" Value="icpdf.gif"/>
3. On the File menu, click Save, and then quit Notepad.
f.Perform an iisreset:
1. Click Start > Run > type “cmd” in the Open line> click OK > type “iisreset” at the command prompt > hit Enter.
2. Close the window.
Working with Foxit PDF IFilter
Foxit PDF IFilter is able to search text in PDF files. After you install Foxit PDF IFilter, you should upload your PDF documents and perform a full crawl with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) before you start a searching. You don’t have to do full crawls every time you add some new PDF files. You may schedule the incremental crawls for all the new ones.
Indexing PDFs
To index PDF files on your computer, please do the following:
a.Add the .pdf file type to the index list:
1. Go to the Shared Service Administration: SharedServices 1 home page, click Search Settings link> under Crawl Settings click File Types.
2. Click New File Type > type “pdf” in the File extension field > click OK.
b.Upload a PDF file, and perform a Full Crawl on the Search content indexes:
1. Go to the Document Center, and click Documents.
2. Click Upload, and then Upload Document.
3. Click the Browse button to upload a PDF document and click OK. When it has uploaded, the Documents Edit Item page is displayed. You can give a title, if you like, to your uploaded PDF file. Click the Check In button.
4. When you are done, you will be returned to the Documents page where you will see that your PDF file has been uploaded.
5. Return to the Shared Service Administration: SharedServices 1 home page, click Search Settings link> under Crawl Settings click Content sources and crawl schedules.
6. On the Manage Content Sources page, open the content source’s context menu by left-clicking the down arrow and select Start Full Crawl to index all files. This will start the indexing process.
7. (Optional) To start an incremental crawl, please open the content source’s context menu by left-clicking the down arrow and select Start Incremental Crawl.
c.View Crawl Logs.
1. Return to the Document Center, and click Documents.
2. Right-click the PDF document you have uploaded > choose Properties.
3. Select the address (URL) of the PDF file except [filename.pdf] > right-click the selected area > choose Copy.
4. Go to the Manage Content Sources page, open the content source’s context menu by left-clicking the down arrow and select View Crawl Log > paste the URL to Find URLs that begin with the following hostname/path field > click the Filter button.
5. When you’re done, you can see the whole URL of the uploaded PDF file appear in the Crawl Log list.
d.Searching PDFs
After you finish indexing PDF files, you can start a search to find text within PDF files. Also, you can search PDF document properties, such as author, title, etc.
To start a search, please perform the following:
1.Go to the Document Center, and click Search to visit the Search Center > type the text you want to search > hit Enter.
2.You will see your search results. Click to open one of the PDF files.
System requirements
Foxit PDF IFilter 1.0 requires the following environment: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
In addition, the environment must also contain Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.
To install Foxit PDF IFilter 1.0, please do the following:
a.Download Foxit PDF IFilter from Foxit Software Website
(http://www.foxitsoftware.com) onto the machine where you wish to install it.
b. Stop the IIS Admin service: Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrator Tools > Services > IIS Admin Service > Stop. Close window.
c.Run the Foxit PDF IFilter 1.0 Setup program to install the filter on the server.
d.Download PDF icon from http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/ifilter/pdficon.gif.
e.Copy the downloaded .GIF file to "Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\Template\Images". Edit the file “Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web server extensions\12\Template\Xml\DOCICON.XML”:
1. Right-click DOCICON.XML file > click Open With > select Notepad.
2. Add an entry for the .pdf extension. For example, where ICPDF is the name of the .gif file: <Mapping Key="pdf" Value="icpdf.gif"/>
3. On the File menu, click Save, and then quit Notepad.
f.Perform an iisreset:
1. Click Start > Run > type “cmd” in the Open line> click OK > type “iisreset” at the command prompt > hit Enter.
2. Close the window.
Working with Foxit PDF IFilter
Foxit PDF IFilter is able to search text in PDF files. After you install Foxit PDF IFilter, you should upload your PDF documents and perform a full crawl with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) before you start a searching. You don’t have to do full crawls every time you add some new PDF files. You may schedule the incremental crawls for all the new ones.
Indexing PDFs
To index PDF files on your computer, please do the following:
a.Add the .pdf file type to the index list:
1. Go to the Shared Service Administration: SharedServices 1 home page, click Search Settings link> under Crawl Settings click File Types.
2. Click New File Type > type “pdf” in the File extension field > click OK.
b.Upload a PDF file, and perform a Full Crawl on the Search content indexes:
1. Go to the Document Center, and click Documents.
2. Click Upload, and then Upload Document.
3. Click the Browse button to upload a PDF document and click OK. When it has uploaded, the Documents Edit Item page is displayed. You can give a title, if you like, to your uploaded PDF file. Click the Check In button.
4. When you are done, you will be returned to the Documents page where you will see that your PDF file has been uploaded.
5. Return to the Shared Service Administration: SharedServices 1 home page, click Search Settings link> under Crawl Settings click Content sources and crawl schedules.
6. On the Manage Content Sources page, open the content source’s context menu by left-clicking the down arrow and select Start Full Crawl to index all files. This will start the indexing process.
7. (Optional) To start an incremental crawl, please open the content source’s context menu by left-clicking the down arrow and select Start Incremental Crawl.
c.View Crawl Logs.
1. Return to the Document Center, and click Documents.
2. Right-click the PDF document you have uploaded > choose Properties.
3. Select the address (URL) of the PDF file except [filename.pdf] > right-click the selected area > choose Copy.
4. Go to the Manage Content Sources page, open the content source’s context menu by left-clicking the down arrow and select View Crawl Log > paste the URL to Find URLs that begin with the following hostname/path field > click the Filter button.
5. When you’re done, you can see the whole URL of the uploaded PDF file appear in the Crawl Log list.
d.Searching PDFs
After you finish indexing PDF files, you can start a search to find text within PDF files. Also, you can search PDF document properties, such as author, title, etc.
To start a search, please perform the following:
1.Go to the Document Center, and click Search to visit the Search Center > type the text you want to search > hit Enter.
2.You will see your search results. Click to open one of the PDF files.