Project DescriptionA stsadm command to automate the support of pdf file (or any other extension) in a SharePoint Farm (not limited to a single-server).
It deploys an icon and update the Office Search/WSS Search Servers.
Features: * This takes care whether Office Search (including MSSX, the free version) or WSS Search is used.
* Not limited to pdf file extension.
* Ensure the iFilter product is installed on the indexing server (otherwise add an entry in the SharePoint Logs and in the stsadm console).
* Deploy the icon on all the Web Front-End servers.
* Built-in support for PDF and accepts
Foxit PDF Filter, Adobe (search for
64-bit and fallback to
32-bit),
PDFlib TET Filter or another you specified yourself.
* If any changes are detected, it will restart the search service (Office Search or WSS Search).
Usage:Add "pdf" file extension and add the built-in icon file (
). Register Foxit (specify Foxit, Adobe or PDFlib) as the filter used to crawls the pdf file.
stsadm -o searchfilter -ext pdf -filter Foxit –icon
Add "pdf" file extension and deploy the specified icon on the front-ends. Register PDFlib as the filter used to crawls the pdf file.
stsadm -o searchfilter -ext pdf -filter PDFlib –iconfile "C:\Temp\icpdf.gif"
Add "dwf" file extension (Autodesk Design Web Format), deploy the specified icon file on all the front-ends, use the specified mime type and register the specified filter (the
CLASSID of the product, here I use
DWF iFilter).
stsadm -o searchfilter -ext dwf –iconfile "C:\Temp\icdwf.gif"
-mime application/dwf,application/x-dwf,drawing/x-dwf,image/vnd.dwf,image/x-dwf
-filter {D4AA3B39-7393-4A19-A4B5-2749DB0F4ECB}
Add "msg" file extension and lets the program find the filter and the mime type to use (works only if at least one of your indexing servers has installed a filter).
stsadm -o searchfilter –ext msg
Oh by the way, did I tell you which PDF Filter is the better? Takes a look for a comparison:
http://blogs.msdn.com/opal/archive/2008/12/10/pdf-ifilter-battle-foxit-vs-adobe-64bit-version.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ifilter/archive/2007/11/14/foxit-vs-adobe-pdf-ifilter-32-bit-only.aspxhttp://codeforfuture.com/2009/05/22/finding-best-sharepoint-pdf-ifilter-64-bit/How to install: Open a console and type:
stsadm -o addsolution -filename spnotesearchfilter.wsp
stsadm -o deploysolution -name spnotesearchfilter.wsp -allowgacdeployment -immediate
Blog:http://www.notesfor.net/