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   I use an tool named SRCH.EXE.  It looks like this may have been =
released as part of the IIS 4.0 Resource kit =
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/iis4/reskit/iis40rg/iisrkapa.ms=
px).  It's really very simple.  There is a dropdown edit similar to a =
browser address bar where you type your query.  The main window contains =
either a list of all the files in the query results or a simple file =
viewer with hit highlighting.  The same tool works against either local =
or network catalogs and will query multiple catalogs at once.  The query =
language is straight forward.  I believe it is documented at =
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/indexsrv/html/ixqlang_6i79.asp.

Rich

  "John Beckett" 
wrote in message =
news:4297f18a.4268387{at}216.144.1.254...
  "Rich"  wrote in message news::
  >    I currently have over 1.3 million files on my desktop.  I have =
been
  > searching them with the built in Windows content indexing since =
Windows
  > 2000.  You can query it by SQL if you want.  There is an OLEDB =
provider.

  Now that is interesting. I have been enjoying fast searching for files =
on
  a Windows Server 2003 for a few months, but have wished that the query =
GUI
  was a little more friendly: Less clicking to start it, and remember =
that I
  only do advanced searches. I would also prefer a default of AND for
  keyword searches, and a couple of other things.

  Anyway, it appears that if I am sufficiently motivated, I could write =
a
  reasonably simple front-end myself. Perhaps I could use this (which I =
just
  found, but haven't yet looked at):
  http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/IndexingServer.asp

  Can you recommend a sample app that implements a search front end?

  John

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either a=20
list of all the files in the query results or a simple file viewer with = hit=20
highlighting.  The same tool works against either local or network
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forward.  I believe it is documented at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/indexsrv/html/ixqlang_6i7=
9.asp">http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/indexsrv/html/ixqlang_6i79=
.asp.
 
Rich
 

  "John Beckett" <FirstnameSurname{at}com=">mailto:FirstnameSurname{at}compuserve.com.omit">FirstnameSurname{at}com=
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  wrote in message news:4297f18a.4268387{at}216.14=
4.1.254..."Rich"=20
  <{at}> wrote in message >   =20
  I currently have over 1.3 million files on my desktop.  I have=20
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clicking to=20
  start it, and remember that Ionly do advanced searches. I would =
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  prefer a default of AND forkeyword searches, and a couple of other =

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end?John

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