Index and search PDF's

SOSAGES · 08-07-2004, 09:30

Ello all -

anyone know if its possible to setup a indexing and searching of pdf files on a windows 2003 server?

basically if i have a load of invoices pdf'd put them in a folder on the server and a user wants to find a specific invoice they could search the pdfs from windows xp search function and look for the invoice number for example and it will find it as it has indexed them.

anyone done this? maybe i need some other software that indexs pdfs i was hoping to use the index service on 2003.

thanks if anyone can help

SOSAGES · 13-07-2004, 15:19

i think i have finally got to grips with the service

i have been trying to get indexing service to index some PDF files on my
servers hard drive - i have now done this and when i use Query in the
catalog option in indexing service to search for a word inside a PDF it will find it instantly -

the same also applies to using the microsft search function and searching for a word inside a pdf in the folder that i have cataloged its instant with its results as i would expect .

Now while all that is fine what i really need to be able to do is to search
words that are in these PDF's from my desktop client machines (all XP) using the windows search function -

now dont get me wrong it works i can type in an invoice number thats written in the PDF and select the network folder its storred in and it will find it but it takes a while to find it its not instant like the search on the
server or the query in the indexing service - so i can only assume my
network client is not using the information from the servers indexing
service

so how do i make it use it is my question

if we forget about the pdfs for a mo - how does one get clients pc's (winxp) to use the indexing service of a server pc on the same network to search