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    Posted by pierre.templier posts: 2

    I am looking for a way to be able to search inside microsoft documents.
    I am especially thinking about Microsoft Word documents.

    Is it something that is possible ?
    If it isn't possible, is it something in development?

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    Posted by Damian Parker posts: 2881 United Kingdom


    Its possible with modifications to the codebase. A search index of the content, but it relies on the host having anti-word or some other compatible library to open the Word documentation as a plain text file for indexing.

    Contact me if you have funding for this development. I have all the necessary snippets that just need putting together to provide the feature.

    Damian
    http://tikihost.net


    Posted by Gary posts: 113 Ireland

    > I am looking for a way to be able to search inside microsoft documents.
    > I am especially thinking about Microsoft Word documents.
    >


    I do it on a couple sites. My servers are all Linux flavors and need some extra public domain programs on them. If you go to Admin -> File Galleries, at the bottom is the File Galleries Search Indexing. I use:

    MIME TypeSystem command
    application/msword /usr/local/bin/catdoc %1 -
    application/pdf /usr/local/bin/pdftotext %1
    application/vnd.ms-excel /usr/local/bin/xls2csv %1
    application/vnd.ms-powerpoint /usr/local/bin/catppt %1
    text/html strings %1
    text/plain strings %1


    The programs in /usr/local/bin need to be manually installed on your server.
    I do not have any Windows Servers, The same philosophy would work, but would need different external programs.

    gg

    Posted by pierre.templier posts: 2
    i am using tikiwiki 1.8.4 and i can't find that 'File Galleries search indexing'. am i blind or is there something special to do in order to activate this option ?
    Posted by Gary posts: 113 Ireland

    > i am using tikiwiki 1.8.4 and i can't find that 'File Galleries search indexing'. am i blind or is there something special to do in order to activate this option ?

    This is in 1.9.x . I have never used the 1.8.x so I don't know if it is in that branch. It is at the very bottom of the /tiki-admin.php?page=fgal

    This page has 5 sections: Home Gallery, Gallery Features, Gallery Listing Configuration, File gallery Comments Section, and File Galleries Search Indexing. There is no option for enable/disable these sections.