Use ASP to search within a PDF file

[PeteSykes]

Hi,

Does anyone know of any ASP which will accomplish this? At this stage, it would only have to be one PDF file I need to search, although it would also be useful to be able to search within multiple PDF files.

Thanks in advance.

Pete

 

[FesterSXS]

Have you tried using Index Server(NT4)/Indexing Service(Windows 2000)?

The following site may help you:

http://www.simongibson.com/intranet/indexserv/indexserv.html

hope this helps

Tony

 

[mrprib]

This comes directly from Adobe's support site. We've used the pdf filter for a number of years without problems.

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PDF IFilter for Index Server

The Adobe PDF IFilter plug-in enables you to index PDF files in your site in Microsoft Index Server, so visitors to the site can search for text within the PDF files. By default, Index Server can search only HTML and *.doc files. To enable it to search files in other formats, Microsoft distributes filter specifications that let other developers create filter plug-ins. Adobe has used these specifications to create the PDF IFilter specifically for searching PDF files.

You can download PDF IFilter 5.0 for free from Adobe's Web site at

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html.

Adobe strongly recommends that you read the PDF IFilter ReadMe file before using the PDF IFilter plug-in, as limited documentation is available for this plug-in and its installation process. Adobe Technical Support has encountered problems with PDF IFilter and some configurations of Index Server. For information on setting up Index Server to use PDF IFilter or any plug-in, refer to the Index Server documentation.
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