.doc iFilter not working for Mobile docs

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Jeff - 19 Apr 2007 10:24 GMT

Hi,

I have implemented full text searching over files stored in a varbinary(max)
field and this works great :)

The only issue i am now having is that users creating office documents
created on a Windows Mobile device such as word docs are not being searched.
The extension is .doc but the files look cut down in size.

Does anyone know of a filter or filter update that will also search office
type files created on a Windows Mobile device?

Thanks,

Jeff

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Hilary Cotter - 19 Apr 2007 12:55 GMT

The iFilters are specific for document type. The PocketWord application does
not save it in a format that the Office iFilter can understand. You would be
better off to convert them to Word.

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Jeff - 20 Apr 2007 11:04 GMT

Hi Hilary,

Thanks for your answer.

What I find strange is that the device saves the document with the extension
.doc, but is not a true word document format. So when I check the file
extension with the supported SQL iFilter extensions I get a match and save it
in the db for indexing and searching.

How would I go about programaticaly converting the uploaded docs from the
mobile devices to the full Office document standard supported by the Office
iFilter?

Thanks for your help,

Jeff

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Hilary Cotter - 23 Apr 2007 13:31 GMT

You would have to use Word to convert the files to the Office Word document
format as opposed to the Pocket Word format.

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