Re: search for HTML files

[Craig Sanders <csanders -at- ONLYXLNT -dot- COM>]

Hi, Alexia, Kathy!

Like you, I would love to have a true cross client-side search engine that I
could install with a doc set. Been lookin' for a long time.

However, I think a solution is on the way. You might want to have a look at CD
Express from Quadralay. I have been alpha testing this product (expected late
this summer) and it promises to be the solution I'm looking for. It is both a
client-side search engine and a gateway to a designated website where users can
get current updates to doc sets. Moreover, I understand they are designing it
such that it is a "true" search engine in that it will position "found" targets
on-screen, in front of the user.

Hope this helps,
Craig Sanders

Alexia Prendergast wrote:

> Hi, Kathy -- Since our audience is cross-platform, we're writing a Java
> applet to do the search. (There are some freeware Java applet code
> samples out there, but they are protected under the gnu public license.)
> There are also a few applications you can purchase -- try searching for
> java search at www.developer.com or on the web in general.
>
> A.
>
> --
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kathy Burns [mailto:burns -at- SKY -dot- SKY -dot- COM]
> > Sent: Monday, July 20, 1998 11:34 AM
> > To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> > Subject: Re: search for HTML files
> >
> >
> > Some additional details...most of our end users are in the
> > UNIX world. Ideally,
> > the search solution would be cross-platform, but if not, the
> > solution would have
> > to work on UNIX workstations (as a first priority).
> >
> > Wing, Michael J wrote:
> >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Kathy Burns [SMTP:burns -at- SKY -dot- SKY -dot- COM]
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 20, 1998 9:47 AM
> > > > To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> > > > Subject:      search for HTML files
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have recommendations for adding search
> > capabilities to HTML
> > > > files? We deliver HTML, produced by using a conversion tool on
> > > > FrameMaker files. Our documentation is sent out on CD-ROM.
> > > >
> > > > I have tried out a beta version of WebSearch, which can
> > be installed on
> > > > a Web site, but I am not aware of any tools that can
> > currently be used
> > > > with the HTML files alone.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Kathy Burns
> > > >
> > > One workaround that I've used is the built-in Find dialog
> > for NT/95/98.  The
> > > user can click F3 on the desktop or from Explorer to invoke
> > the Find dialog.
> > > They can then set the directory in the "Look in:" field,
> > the file type
> > > (*.htm) in the "Named:" field, and the search text in the
> > "Containing text:"
> > > field.  Executing a find results in a list of HTML files
> > containing the
> > > search term.
> > >
> > > You can also put a button in an HTML file that invokes the
> > Find dialog.  The
> > > following is a way to display the dialog from Internet Explorer:
> > >
> > > =====================================================
> > > <P><input type="button" value="Find" name="B1"></P>
> > >
> > > <SCRIPT language="vbscript">
> > >   Sub B1_OnClick()
> > >     Dim MyShell
> > >     Set MyShell=CreateObject("Shell.Application")
> > >     MyShell.FindFiles
> > >   End Sub
> > > </SCRIPT>
> > > =====================================================
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
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