Search by filetype/-extension

[mcp]

Hello!

I'm using Zoom Search Engine, Enterprise Edition.

Is it possible to modify the searchform, that the user can search by fileextensions (eg. DOC, XLS, PPT, ...)

Thanks,
Thorsten

[pj_servadmin]

Re: Search by filetype/-extension

MCP,

You should be able to get this functionality out of the Categories tab when you are configuring Zoom.

Pg. 48 of the pdf manual states:

Tip: You can use patterns such as “.pdf” to create categories based on file extensions (eg. "PDF
documents", "PowerPoint presentations", "Flash movies", etc.)
You can use wildcard characters ("*" and "?") in your category pattern. This means that you can
create a pattern such as "/news/updates_*.pdf" which will get all PDF files, inside the news folder,
with a filename starting with "updates_".
You can specify multiple patterns for each category, separated by a semi-colon character. For
example, a category named “Downloads” may contain a variety of file formats with a pattern like
“.pdf;.doc;.xls;.ppt;.exe”. Note that with multiple patterns, a file will only need to match any one
of the listed patterns for it to qualify for that category.

pj_servadmin

[David]

Yes, you could do this using categories. Or you could make sure you are indexing file names, then use a wild card search. e.g.

A search for,
*.pdf
match all PDF files.

[01wrener]

I am newbie, I want to know if it support regular expression.

Thanks.

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software review

[David]

Full regular expressions, regex style, are not supported. But wild-cards and other options like negatives and exact phrase are supported.

[mcp]

Thanx for the answers!
I'm already using categories for categorize different parts of my website, so I can't use it for search by filetype

Perhaps "search by filetype" will be a feature in the next version


mcp

[David]

A document can belong to more than 1 category. So it could belong in the PDF category and in the 'Section 1' category.