[softwarelist] Re: Searching Ovation Pro documents on Windows

> >you have written an OPro search filter. But you can make
> >XP search the contents of all files even if they don't have
> >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309173
> 
> Yes I reproduce the facts in the above kb article in the ReadMe in the 
> IFilter zip file. For things like script files (.csc) using the ability 
> to extend the extensions searched is probably a good idea.
> 
> For .dpd files, I'd be interested to hear which is best. The dedicated 
> filter excludes non-text material (font names, junk that looks like text 

> etc.), so one might guess it is superior.
> 

I generally set the "Index files with unknown extensions" option
and assumed this meant if there was a filter it would be used
otherwise it assumes it's a text file.

So your filter will provide the improved functionality when installed
and if not, it will fall back to finding the non-text stuff as well

Andy Ling




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