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From: Framers
[mailto:framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf
Of Jo H
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 2:19 PM
To: Austin Meredith; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] Searching for content in FrameMaker files
Would it be an
Would it be an option for you to keep a copy of every FM document in
plain text? This is not as cumbersome as it sounds, since you can
install an Extendscript which saves the plain text copy automatically
whenever you choose File > Save.
I've set up something similiar to have a readable copy for G
I use Agent Ransack. It's a free search utility that can search inside
files, including FrameMaker files.
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Shmuel Wolfson
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058-763-7133
On 10-May-16 7:17 AM, gr...@hedgewizard.net wrote:
I paid for the File Locator Pro version of Agent Ransack; I like the
ability to s
I'm not sure if you've tried this, or if it will work, but in the search
indexing options, there is an Advanced button that opens Advanced
Options. On the File Types tab in that window is a section, "How should
this file be indexed?" Options are "Index Properties Only" and "Index
Properties and
I paid for the File Locator Pro version of Agent Ransack; I like the
ability to search network drives
On May 7, 2016 at 11:01 AM Robert Lauriston
wrote:
Windows' search is garbage. I use Agent Ransack, a free search tool.
On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 6:28 AM, Austin Meredith
At 10:50 -0700 7/5/16, Robert Lauriston wrote:
>Is there a search utility that knows how to parse .fm files so you
>could find multi-word strings reliably?
Could PDFs also be an intermediate? Tiresome to produce, agreed, but if a
searchable textbase is mandatory...
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Steve
ay, May 7, 2016 12:20 PM
> To: framers
> Subject: Re: [Framers] Searching for content in FrameMaker files
>
> I haven't seen that. Unless there's a tag or marker or something in
> the middle of a word it's always intact in an .fm file or exported
> .mif.
>
>
Is there a search utility that knows how to parse .fm files so you
could find multi-word strings reliably?
One kludge is to search for all the .fm files on your drive and drop
them in a new book. Then you can use the Find command to search all
the files in the book.
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length, I believe.)
And your 'unless' is pretty crucial, too, Robert.
Craig
From: Framers on
behalf of Robert Lauriston
Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2016 12:20 PM
To: framers
Subject: Re: [Framers] Searching for content in FrameMaker files
I haven&#
Agent Ransack and other good search utilities don't need to decode an
.fm file to find individual words. If you look at an .fm file in a
text editor, you can see that the text is not compressed or encrypted.
There are all kinds of control characters mixed in, so if you're
searching for a multi-word
I haven't seen that. Unless there's a tag or marker or something in
the middle of a word it's always intact in an .fm file or exported
.mif.
On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Craig Ede wrote:
> Even with MIF the text strings are often split in unknowable ways so search
> would be haphazard anyway
: [Framers] Searching for content in FrameMaker files
You're not doing anything wrong. It's just the way Windows works.
The ability to find text strings in the content of a file depends on Windows
knowing how to decode the file (if it's a binary type) and parse the contents.
Windows kno
Windows' search is garbage. I use Agent Ransack, a free search tool.
On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 6:28 AM, Austin Meredith wrote:
>I don't seem to be able to persuade the File Explorer of Windows 10 to
>find Boolean content inside FrameMaker2015 files. I've tried all the
>obvious tricks suc
d never expect Windows to be able to do full-text indexing on
a .fm binary file.
-Fred Ridder
From: Framers on
behalf of Austin Meredith
Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2016 9:28 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: [Framers] Searching for content in Fra
I don't seem to be able to persuade the File Explorer of Windows 10 to
find Boolean content inside FrameMaker2015 files. I've tried all the
obvious tricks such as making certain that the file suffixes ".fm" and
".frame" are included in the indexing list, and deleting and rebuilding
t
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