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Sharepoint 2007: Adobe PDF support
Dec 14th
Adobe PDF file format is by default not available on a Windows Server 2003 or a SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) installation. Most organizations today use PDF files and it would be helpful for their users to have PDF files stored in the full text search index. To get this working install the Adobe Reader from Adobe website.
I installed the latest version of Adobe Reader 9.2 today and followed the instructions I found on the following links:
- http://www.joiningdots.net/blog/2007/05/sharepoint-2007-and-adobe-pdf.html
- http://blogs.msdn.com/ifilter/archive/2007/03/29/indexing-pdf-documents-with-adobe-reader-v-8-and-moss-2007.aspx
Searching with some keyword of the PDF files the result returned nothing. PDF files were not index.
Reviewed the Crawl log and found failing messages for PDF files:
Crawled (The filtering process could not process this item. This might be because you do not have the latest file filter for this type of item. Install the corresponding filter and retry your crawl. )
I also tried to add the path system variable to the Adobe Reader installation folder and did another full index but this did not help.
The solution for the problem was changing two registry entries:
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\.pdf and change Default Reg_Multi_SZ value to
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\.pdf and change Default Reg_Multi_SZ value to
{E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603}
{E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603}
After these registry entries have been modified run iisreset; “net stop osearch” and “net start osearch”. Re-run the full index crawler on your content.
Thanks to the community I got the PDF icon and the PDF search working on the Sharepoint 2007 platform!
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Loading ...Sharepoint: Create table of content page based on a Document Library
Nov 8th
We have a Sharepoint “Document Library” which has several different subfolders. E.g.
Within these subfolders there are several documents stored. For example within the “Form” subfolder where form documents are stored based on word or PDF files. All those subfolders within the “Information Technology” document folder hold several documents. The challenge I had is to create a table of content page which showed all those subfolders with their document content. I created a new page based on “Blank Web Part Page” and add the “Information Technology” document library which showed all the folders.
I could change current view and change the “Folders” option to show all items without folders but still this solution didn’t help. I wanted to filter individual “Document Library” subfolders and their content.
I tried all possible options with this “Information Technology” webpart to filter for a subfolder but nothing which helped me. Than I learned from Laura Rogers here how to insert a “Data View Web Part” and filter the content within a “Document Library”.
Some steps to achieve this:
- Create new ASPX file and attach your masterpage (Format menu –> Master Page –> Attach Master Page..)
- Create new custom content for PlaceHolderMain
- Drag your “Document Library” in the content area you want to show
- Make sure you are in the table and in the taskpane go to “Data Source Details” and click the Current Data Source link.
- Change the scope level to RecursiveAll
- We are done now and all documents will be shown stored in this “Document Library”. Now we can filter the path for specific Sharepoint subfolders. Click on the chevron of the data view and click Filter.
- The Filter Criteria window is shown and you can set all different type of criteria. Enter the subfolder you want to show. In my case the Form folder.
- Save the ASPX file and check it out.
The result:
Hopefully by now you get the picture how to customize the data view webpart. You can change all columns and insert hyperlinks were needed.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sharepoint 2007: Office SharePoint Server Search service missing??
Oct 23rd
For last couple of hours I am struggling with installing the SSP provider for Sharepoint 2007 server. During the creation of a new SSP provider a Indexer is required; well I can’t select any because it is empty. Searched on google and found out that I need to start “Office SharePoint Server Search” service in Central Administration website “Central Administration > Operations > Services on Server” and enable that service. Guess what? The service is missing.
Example screenshot:
Than I found my mistake. During the installation of Sharepoint 2007 I choose for Server type"Web Front End" instead of “Complete”.
I went back to my notes I created during the installation and I saw in the screenshot “Web Front End” server type was selected…
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sharepoint 2007: PDF icon is missing
Sep 24th
When uploading PDF documents to “Document Libraries” in Sharepoint 2007 the icon is missing. It takes couple steps to get this done. One task to your planning when putting the Sharepoint 2007 server in production. I run these steps in my DEV environment.
Follow the hyperlinks below to get this done in your Sharepoint 2007 configuration:
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