Other filetypes supported in full-text search?
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Hello,
I'm wondering if other types of files are supported by the full-text search. Like PDF's, Word Docs, Excel files, etc.
If it's not yet supported, then when would this feature be implemented?
Thanks,
Takumi
I'm wondering if other types of files are supported by the full-text search. Like PDF's, Word Docs, Excel files, etc.
If it's not yet supported, then when would this feature be implemented?
Thanks,
Takumi
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Ilija Studen
on Nov 8. 2006. 1:15 pm
Reading content out of PDF files it not easy (or it is a bit harder to setup and costs some serious money - see the pricing for PDFLib TET). Or you know some other, free PHP tool that can extract text from PDF files?
Searching through office documents is not hard, but it is unreliable because they are closed formats and I don't know how they work. Or you know some text extraction tool written in PHP? :D
Searching through office documents is not hard, but it is unreliable because they are closed formats and I don't know how they work. Or you know some text extraction tool written in PHP? :D
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Hm... I don't know a way for either... Would it be possible to integrate Google search with an aC installation?
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Ilija Studen
on Nov 8. 2006. 1:24 pm
tshimada:Hm... I don't know a way for either... Would it be possible to integrate Google search with an aC installation?
I honestly don't know. The thing that I do know is that GoogleBot can't go past login screen so it can't index content posted by users.
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I dug a little on Google, found this:
I'm not that familiar with PHP, but I did a quick search and found this script. http://www.conradish.net/pdfhi.php.txt (from: http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread3742.html )
And then for Word docs, here's something that converts word files to other formats: http://www.granneman.com/techinfo/windows/extractcontentfromword.htm (requires a windows os i think)
if we are willing to pay a fee for licensing would this option also work? http://www.phpwordlib.motion-bg.com/
I'm not that familiar with PHP, but I did a quick search and found this script. http://www.conradish.net/pdfhi.php.txt (from: http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread3742.html )
And then for Word docs, here's something that converts word files to other formats: http://www.granneman.com/techinfo/windows/extractcontentfromword.htm (requires a windows os i think)
if we are willing to pay a fee for licensing would this option also work? http://www.phpwordlib.motion-bg.com/
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Ilija Studen
on Nov 8. 2006. 1:47 pm
activeCollab needs to be self-contained so no external services or commercial tools are (or will be) used.
Ticket #192
Ticket #192
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So even PDF integration is a no? (Sorry, it might seem like a 'duh' question)
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Ilija Studen
on Nov 9. 2006. 6:06 am
Actually, it means Yes - #192 is scheduled for 0.8 so it will be added in next 4 - 5 months and it will include PDF support and support for office documents.
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Awesome. Thanks. If there's anything I can do to help, email me. :)
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