Can't search within PDF files

Can't search within PDF files

• Keith Hill

  I'm having the same issue. My Operating System is Windows 2003 R2 x64 with SQL Server 2005 and WSS 3.0. I'm running the latest iFilter version -- 6.0 and have verified all registry settings. Some of the pdf files are indexing properly, but I believe that the ones created with Adobe 8.0 are not indexing content at all. I assume this is a bug with that software combination and hoping it will be fixed very soon. This is limiting the usefulness of Sharepoint.
  
  

• rskorski

  Hi EWANAME,

  The iFilter for some reason is not installing correctly. Try the following.

  ·          Click on Start> Run and type RegEdit

  ·          Go to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\Search\Applications\[YOUR  GUID]\Gather\Search\Extensions\ExtensionList”

  ·          Add a new REG_SZ value and name it 38.

  ·          Set this new string value to pdf.

  ·          Exit RegEdit

  ·          Stop and Start the SharePoint Search Service.  

  ·          Start > Run : net stop spsearch

  ·          Start > Run : net start spsearch

   

  
  
  

• wynfred

  what version of SharePoint is this 2003 or 2007
  
  

• Jeremy Jarrell

  Hi there,

  I had the same issue a while ago...

  I removed Ifilter 6.0 and stopped the search (in the ssp) and also from the command prompt net stop -osearch

  then I applied this blogs install of Adobe reader to the server.....

  BUT be sure you first open the reader up on the server to get rid of the dialog tha comes with it.....

  http://blogs.msdn.com/ifilter/archive/2007/03/29/indexing-pdf-documents-with-adobe-reader-v-8-and-moss-2007.aspx

  Hope it helps - it did for me...

  Brebo

  
  

• HuskyNET

  It's installed on my Index role. Your info re: PDF versions may be right on, most likely all PDF's here as well as those we download are likely v7.0 as this version has been out for a while now. I don't get why the Ifilter hasn't been updated, and v8.0 is out now as you know.

  We also use a freeware/shareware PDF writer called PDF995 www.pdf995.com and I'm now wondering if IFilter can index these. The Sharepoint Search functionality we want doesn't have as much value by far if it can't accomodate these differences.

  Thanks for your info! Any additional info is appreciated.

  
  

• jay1234

  Where did you installed the Ifilter in your farm I filter has to be installed on the Index machine.

  Also, which version of Adobe are you using in creating PDF files current iFilter provided by Adobe only supports 6.0 format. this means that if you are using 7.0 pdf format (last one) you will not be able to index any PDF file contents.

  this is a limitation of current version of iFilter provided by Adobe and might be correctly shortly with a new version of PDF iFilter.

  HTH,

  Luca

  
  
  

• Aaron Oneal

  Are the PDF files you're posting searchable In other words, if you open them up in Adobe Reader or Acrobat Professional, can you search for text within them successfully If not, there will be no content for OSearch to index.

  If they are image-based PDFs (i.e. documents that have been created using a scanner), you'll need to perform OCR (optical character recognition) on them before they become searchable.

  Acrobat Professional has OCR in it.

  Bradley

  
  

• Amadrias

  Running regular Windows 2003 Web Server Ed. 32-bit for all roles except db which is Std Ed. running SQL 2003 sp4.
  

• Timmy0614

  On our WSS 3.0 system, indexing PDF files did not work for existing PDF files. In order to have them indexed by the crawler we had to upload the PDF files again.

  Try uploading new PDF files and see if those are indexed.

  
  

• daveW2007

  As was stated earlier in the thread, this is a different issue. Adobe have not released a filter for x64 machines running x64 operating systems. The 32-bit filter you have installed is known not to work for x64 operating systems.
  
  See http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx ID=790&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Easaris%2Ede%2Fsites%2Fwalsh%2FLists%2FWSSv3%2520FAQ%2FAllItems%2Easpx
  
  
  
  

• fiatlux

  I was with you on your first posting of the registry path up to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions

  After that I don't have 12.0, only 5.0 and 6.0, plus All Ports, AV Scanner, Ports, and Secure

  My OS is SBS 2003 R2 Premium in a 32-bit flavor. SPS and SQL Server 9.0 run on the same machine. I ran the iFilter for 6.0 installation, but nothing gets indexed.

  Shut down what services, run the iFilter install again, and restart services in what order ...

  
  

• kastanienreis

  What version of Windows are you using we discovered that when we upgraded our system to Windows 2003 64 bit, the adobe iflilter stopped working. We are attempting to work with MS and Adobe, but have received minimal support so far.
  

• Sweeps78

  Hi All I'm not sure if you're still looking for a solution but here you go.

  There's one simple workaround to get the filter running on 64 bit MOSS 2007. The steps are given below.

  1. Install Foxit 64bit PDF Ifilter. http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/ifilter/

  http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/ifilter/

  2. Add a pdf extension in MOSS search settings

  3. Open regedit, locate [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\.pdf]

  4. Change the default value to {987f8d1a-26e6-4554-b007-6b20e2680632} .

  5. Recycle the search service: net stop osearch
  net start osearch

  6. Start a full crawl to index your pdf documents

  Check out the Ifilter blog

  http://blogs.msdn.com/ifilter/archive/2007/05/10/long-awaited-64-bit-pdf-ifilter-finally-available.aspx

  
  
  

• flarmon

  Thanks, but I had already added this key and value per my research. Other ideas
  
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