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Subject:Re: search for HTML files From:Kathy Burns <burns -at- SKY -dot- SKY -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:34:27 -0400
Some additional details...most of our end users are in the UNIX world. Ideally,
the search solution would be cross-platform, but if not, the solution would have
to work on UNIX workstations (as a first priority).
Wing, Michael J wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kathy Burns [SMTP:burns -at- SKY -dot- SKY -dot- COM]
> > Sent: Monday, July 20, 1998 9:47 AM
> > To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> > Subject: search for HTML files
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone have recommendations for adding search capabilities to HTML
> > files? We deliver HTML, produced by using a conversion tool on
> > FrameMaker files. Our documentation is sent out on CD-ROM.
> >
> > I have tried out a beta version of WebSearch, which can be installed on
> > a Web site, but I am not aware of any tools that can currently be used
> > with the HTML files alone.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kathy Burns
> >
> One workaround that I've used is the built-in Find dialog for NT/95/98. The
> user can click F3 on the desktop or from Explorer to invoke the Find dialog.
> They can then set the directory in the "Look in:" field, the file type
> (*.htm) in the "Named:" field, and the search text in the "Containing text:"
> field. Executing a find results in a list of HTML files containing the
> search term.
>
> You can also put a button in an HTML file that invokes the Find dialog. The
> following is a way to display the dialog from Internet Explorer:
>
> =====================================================
> <P><input type="button" value="Find" name="B1"></P>
>
> <SCRIPT language="vbscript">
> Sub B1_OnClick()
> Dim MyShell
> Set MyShell=CreateObject("Shell.Application")
> MyShell.FindFiles
> End Sub
> </SCRIPT>
> =====================================================
>
> Mike
>
