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Hi Hans

It searches the content - it is based on the windows search service and searches the file types it supports - including PDFs which requires an iFilter for PDF. It searches an index setup for the solution - see installation guide. Then on the search module you can select which folder to search in. See manual.

Weighted search is currently the best option for searching content of files.

BR Nicolai

Thank You Nicolai

does it also search MetaData for files?

Hi Hans

It does not search Dynamicweb meta data if that is what you mean?

BR Nicolai

Ok

is there anyway to extend the module to add a OCR (optical caracter recognition), so the search will also find results from PDF´s that are images and not text?

Or does anybody have any experiense with this, and maybe a tip about an alternative solution?

Hi Hans

It is not easy - but possible.

Windows search service uses iFilter to index the various document types, and one specifically for PDFs. You can find a iFilter for PDF that supports OCR to have it index PDFs with text embedded as images. An example: http://www.abbyyeu.com/rs/en:ifilter

If you get that up and running, you do not need any changed in DW search module.

That requires that filter to be installed on the relevant server - that can be an issue in a shared environment - but talk to the hosting provider on that.

BR Nicolai