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

{E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603}

• 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}

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!

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.

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…

Related links:

• Installing a New Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Portal: Step-by-Step Instructions
• Deployment for 2007 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

Follow the hyperlinks below to get this done in your Sharepoint 2007 configuration:

• Icons are not displayed for Adobe PDF documents that are listed in the search results when you search your portal site in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or in SharePoint Server 2007
• Sharepoint 2007 and Adobe PDF