Foxit PDF IFilter for Server - 3.11 User Manual
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Contents
Contents ............................................................................................................... 3
FOXIT CORPORATION LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR FOXIT PDF IFILTER SERVER .......... 5
Chapter 1 - Overview ........................................................................................... 14
Why PDF IFilter? ........................................................................................................... 14
Why Foxit PDF IFilter? ................................................................................................... 14
How Foxit PDF IFilter works? ......................................................................................... 15
Key Benefits ................................................................................................................. 15
Chapter 2 - Getting Started .................................................................................. 16
Installing Foxit PDF IFilter ....................................................................................... 16
Configuring Foxit PDF IFilter .................................................................................. 16
Updating Foxit PDF IFilter .............................................................................................. 17
Uninstalling Foxit PDF IFilter .................................................................................. 17
Chapter 3 - Foxit PDF IFilter for SharePoint/MOSS ................................................ 18
Working in SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016 .......................................................... 18
Installing Foxit PDF IFilter ................................................................................................ 18
Indexing PDFs .................................................................................................................. 20
Searching PDFs ................................................................................................................ 26
More Help ....................................................................................................................... 26
Working in SharePoint 2010 .......................................................................................... 27
Installing Foxit PDF IFilter ................................................................................................ 27
Indexing PDFs .................................................................................................................. 28
Searching PDFs ................................................................................................................ 32
Working in Moss 2007 .................................................................................................. 33
Installing Foxit PDF IFilter ................................................................................................ 34
Indexing PDFs .................................................................................................................. 35
Searching PDFs ................................................................................................................ 39
Chapter 4 - Foxit PDF IFilter for Microsoft SQL Server ........................................... 41
Installing Foxit PDF IFilter .............................................................................................. 41
Setting up full-text search ............................................................................................. 44
Uploading PDFs ............................................................................................................ 47
Starting a full population ......................................................................................... 49
Searching PDFs ........................................................................................................ 50
More help .................................................................................................................... 51
Chapter 5 - Foxit PDF IFilter for WSS ..................................................................... 52
Installing Foxit PDF IFilter ....................................................................................... 52
Uploading PDFs ........................................................................................................ 54
Searching PDFs ........................................................................................................ 55
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More Help .................................................................................................................... 57
Chapter 6 - Foxit PDF IFilter for Microsoft Exchange Server ................................... 58
Working in Exchange 2010 ............................................................................................ 58
Modifying registry information ....................................................................................... 58
Indexing PDF attachments .............................................................................................. 60
Searching PDFs ................................................................................................................ 61
Work in Exchange 2007 ................................................................................................. 62
Modifying the registry information of Foxit PDF IFilter .................................................. 62
Indexing PDF attachments .............................................................................................. 65
Searching PDFs ................................................................................................................ 66
Chapter 7 - Additional Information ....................................................................... 67
Microsoft Developer Support .................................................................................. 67
Language Support .................................................................................................... 67
Contact Us ........................................................................................................... 68
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FOXIT CORPORATION LICENSE
AGREEMENT FOR FOXIT PDF
IFILTER SERVER
IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY: This Foxit Corporation (“Foxit”) License
Agreement ("License" or “Agreement”) is a legal agreement between You (either an
individual or an entity, who will be referred to in this License as "You" or “Your”) and
Foxit for the use of Foxit PDF IFilter, and which may include associated media, printed
materials, and other components and software modules including but not limited to
drivers ("Product"). The Product also includes any software updates and upgrades
that Foxit may provide to You or make available to You, or that You obtain after the
date You obtain Your initial copy of the Product, to the extent that such items are not
accompanied by a separate license agreement or terms of use. BY INSTALLING,
COPYING, DOWNLOADING, ACCESSING OR OTHERWISE USING THE
PRODUCT, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS FOXIT
LICENSE AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS
AGREEMENT YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS TO THE PRODUCT AND SHOULD NOT
INSTALL, COPY, DOWNLOAD, ACCESS OR USE THE PRODUCT.
The Product is protected by copyright laws as well as other intellectual property laws.
The Product is licensed and not sold.
1. GRANT OF LICENSE. Foxit grants You a non-exclusive, nontransferable license to
install and use the Product subject to all the terms and conditions set forth here within.
1.1. Single-Use Perpetual License. You may permit a single authorized end
user to install the Product on a single computer for use by that end user only.
Remote access is not permitted without the express written consent of Foxit.
1.2. Single-Use Term License. Same usage terms as the Single-Use
Perpetual License. The period of use is limited to a fixed duration at which the
time the Product must be deinstalled from the computer unless the license is
renewed for an additional period of time.
2. ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or
disassemble the Product, except and only to the extent that it is expressly permitted
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by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation. You may not rent, lease, lend or
transfer the Product, or host the Product for third parties. The Product is licensed as a
single integral product; its component parts may not be separated for use on more
than one computer. The Product may include copy protection technology to prevent
the unauthorized copying of the Product or may require original media for use of the
Product on the computer. It is illegal to make unauthorized copies of the Product or to
circumvent any copy protection technology included in the Product. The software may
not be resold either by You or a third party customer without the prior written
permission of Foxit. All rights not expressly granted to You are retained by Foxit.
2.1. Third Party Software. The Product may contain third party software that
Foxit can grant sublicense to use and which is also protected by copyright law
and other applicable laws.
3. EDUCATIONAL USE. If the Product You have received with this Agreement is an
Educational Software Bundle (where the Product is received by virtue of Your
participation in a Foxit program designed for educational or research institutions, or is
provided by Foxit to You under some other arrangement), You are not entitled to use
the Product unless You are an employee or student of such educational institution.
Educational Software Products may be used for educational and research purposes
only. Commercial and general production use of Educational Software Products are
specifically prohibited. The Product is provided under a Single-Use Term License as
described above. You may install one copy of the Product on one desktop computer in
a designated computer used for educational purposes under Your license agreement.
Your Educational license is granted for a period of one year, unless stated otherwise,
from when the Product license keys are made available to You. Your Educational
license entitles You to email and telephone support for up to two designated
employees and product upgrades during the term of Your license. You grant Foxit the
right to use material created under such license for marketing and advertising
purposes.
4. SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE, AND UPGRADE PROTECTION TERMS AND
CONDITIONS.
4.1. Term of Maintenance. Foxit agrees to provide Maintenance (as defined
herein) to You pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein provided
that You pay the Maintenance Fee for each Product for which Maintenance is
desired and as further described in Section 4.4 below. Maintenance will be
provided for a period of one year, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in
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writing, from the date of purchase of the Product (the “Initial Support and
Maintenance Term”), and with renewals, annually from the expiration date of
the prior Support and Maintenance Term. Failure to renew annual
maintenance may result in You having to purchase a new license in order to
receive future versions of software and associated ongoing support and
maintenance.
4.2.1. Maintenance Services. In exchange for the Maintenance Fee, Foxit
agrees to provide to You during the term of this Agreement support and
maintenance (collectively "Maintenance") as follows:
4.2.1.1. Support: Foxit will provide email and telephone support to You for
current versions of the Product. Foxit will investigate all of Your questions
and problems promptly. You agree to provide adequate information to
Foxit to assist in the investigation and to confirm that any problems have
been resolved. Foxit does not provide guaranteed response time but will
make good faith effort to answer emails and voice mails within twenty-four
(24) hours or less during weekdays, excluding holidays.
4.2.1.2. Maintenance: Foxit will supply to You, at no additional charge,
any improvements, upgrades, or modifications to the Product that Foxit
makes generally available. Any such improvements, upgrades, or
modifications shall become part of the Product for all purposes of this
Agreement.
4.2.1.3. You acknowledge and agree that the Maintenance to be provided
by Foxit hereunder is limited to the most current version of the Product
and the immediately preceding version.
4.2. Term of Upgrade Protection. Foxit agrees to provide Upgrade Protection
(as defined herein) to You pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein
provided that You pay the Upgrade Protection Fee for each Product for which
Upgrade Protection is desired and as further described in Section 4.4 below.
Upgrade Protection will be provided for a period of one year, unless otherwise
agreed to by the parties in writing, from the date of purchase of the Product
(the “Initial Upgrade Protection Term”), and with renewals, annually from the
expiration date of the prior Upgrade Protection Term. Failure to renew annual
Upgrade Protection may result in You having to purchase a new license in
order to receive future versions of software and associated ongoing Upgrade
Protection.
4.3. Exclusions. Foxit’s obligation to provide Support is contingent upon proper
use of the Product and full compliance with this Agreement. Moreover, Foxit
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shall be under no obligation to provide Support should such services be
required due to (a) failure to operate the Product within the systems
requirements provided for the Product (b) any modification or attempted
modification of the Product by You or any third party or (C) Your failure or
refusal to implement Product changes recommended by.
4.4. Consideration. In payment of the Support, Maintenance and Upgrade
Protection services to be provided by Foxit hereunder, You shall pay Foxit, or
its authorized agent, the applicable fee for the Initial Support, Maintenance
and Upgrade Protection Term as indicated on the related invoice, receipt,
purchase order, or other ordering document ("Support, Maintenance and
Upgrade Protection Fee"). At the end of the Initial Support, Maintenance and
Upgrade Protection Term, or any subsequent Support, Maintenance and
Upgrade Protection Term, You may renew participation in Support,
Maintenance and Upgrade Protection services for additional annual term(s)
provided You (a) are current on all payments due to Foxit and (b) pay Foxit, or
its authorized agent, the applicable renewal fee, which Foxit, or its authorized
agent, shall invoice prior to the end of the preceding term, unless terminated
by You at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the then current Support,
Maintenance and Upgrade Protection Term. The Support, Maintenance and
Upgrade Protection Fee for renewal shall be equal to the Support,
Maintenance and Upgrade Protection Fee for the immediate preceding annual
term plus an increase by a percentage not to exceed the Consumer Price
Index (CPI), as published by the U.S. Department of Labor. In addition,
Support, Maintenance and Upgrade Protection shall be discontinued for any
and all subsequent Support, Maintenance and Upgrade Protection Terms for
which You fail to pay Foxit the invoice within ten (10) days after the prior
Support, Maintenance and Upgrade Protection expiration date.
4.5. Exceptions. For use of the Product or a Beta Software Product, only the
Maintenance Services and Exclusions paragraphs of this section apply. For
use of the Product under Educational Use terms, the Maintenance Services
and Exclusion paragraphs apply as long as You pay for the maintenance
period defined under Your Single-Use Term License.
5. PAYMENT TERMS. Unless explicitly set forth in this Agreement, all fees and other
amounts due under this Agreement are non-cancelable and non-refundable. Unless
otherwise agreed to by the parties, You shall pay all fees or amounts within 30 days of
the date of the invoice. A late fee shall be charged on any overdue amounts and any
other fees and expenses not paid as provided under this Agreement at the rate of one
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and one-half percent (1½%) per month, or the highest rate allowable under applicable
law, whichever is less, commencing with the date payment was due.
6. TAXES. The fees and all other amounts due as set forth in this Agreement are net
amounts to be received by Foxit, exclusive of all taxes, duties, and assessments,
including without limitation all sales, withholding, VAT, excise, ad valorem, and use
taxes (collectively, the “Taxes”), and are not subject to offset or reduction because of
any Taxes incurred by You or otherwise due as a result of this Agreement. You shall
be responsible for and shall pay directly, any and all Taxes relating to the
performance of this Agreement, provided that this paragraph shall not apply to taxes
based solely on Foxit’s income.
7. CONSENT TO USE OF DATA. If Foxit provides any support services to You, You
agree that Foxit and its affiliates may collect and use all information You provide as a
part of any such support services related to the Product. Foxit agrees not to use this
information in a form that personally identifies You.
Collection of this information occurs in accordance with the Foxit Privacy Policy
(http://www.foxitsoftware.com/privacy.php)
8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. Subject to the license grant hereunder, all
right, title and interest in and to the Product, the accompanying printed materials, and
any copies of the Product are owned by Foxit and its licensors.
9. EXPORT RESTRICTIONS. You acknowledge that Product is of U.S. origin. You
agree to comply with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and
regulations governing Your use of the Product. Without limiting the foregoing, in the
event that this Agreement permits export of the Product outside the U.S., You shall be
solely responsible for compliance with all applicable U.S. export laws, rules, and
regulations. The Product is subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations and
other U.S. law, and may not be exported or re-exported to certain countries (currently
Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria) or to persons or entities prohibited
from receiving U.S. exports (including those (a) on the Bureau of Industry and
Security Denied Parties List or Entity List, (b) on the Office of Foreign Assets Control
list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, and (c) involved with
missile technology or nuclear, chemical or biological weapons).
10. WARRANTY
10.1. Warranty. Foxit warrants that for a period of 90 days from the date of
delivery (“Warranty Period”), under normal use, the Product will perform
substantially in conformance with the specifications published in the
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Documentation. During such period, and as the sole obligation of Foxit and
Your sole remedy under the warranty in this Section, if You provide written
notice of Foxit’s failure to comply with the above warranty, Foxit will use
reasonable commercial efforts to correct such nonconformity in the Product as
in accordance with the terms of the Maintenance and Support Policy. In
addition, if Foxit determines it is not commercially reasonable to correct the
nonconformity, Foxit may elect to terminate the license to such Product, upon
which termination Licensee will promptly return to Foxit all such copies of such
Product. Upon receipt of the Product from Licensee, Foxit will return to
Licensee all license fees (and any unused support fees) paid to Foxit by You
for such Product. This warranty set forth above does not apply to, and Foxit
shall have no obligation with respect to, any non-conformity arising as a result
of (i) use of the Product other than as specified under this Agreement and the
related Documentation; (ii) any modification or alteration of the Product
performed other than by Foxit or its agents, or (iii) transfer of the Product to
any computer system other than the ones on which Product is authorized to be
stalled, except as permitted in this Agreement.
10.2. Disclaimer. Other than the warranty set forth in Section 10.1 above, and
to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Foxit, its authorized
resellers and their subsidiaries provides the Product and any support services
related to the Product ("Support Services") AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS,
and hereby disclaim all other warranties and conditions, either express,
implied or statutory, including, but not limited to, any implied warranties, duties
or conditions of merchantability, of fitness for a particular purpose, of accuracy
or completeness of responses, of results, of workmanlike effort, of lack of
viruses, and of lack of negligence, all with regard to the Product, and the
provision of or failure to provide support services.
11. LIMIT OF LIABILITY AND EXCLUSION OF INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL
AND CERTAIN OTHER DAMAGES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL FOXIT, ITS AUTHORIZED RESELLERS
OR THEIR SUBSIDIARIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS OR
CONFIDENTIAL OR OTHER INFORMATION, FOR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION,
FOR PERSONAL INJURY, FOR LOSS OF PRIVACY, FOR FAILURE TO MEET ANY
DUTY INCLUDING OF GOOD FAITH OR OF REASONABLE CARE, FOR
NEGLIGENCE, AND FOR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY OR OTHER LOSS
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WHATSOEVER) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE USE OF
OR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCT, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES, OR OTHERWISE UNDER OR IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY PROVISION OF THIS LICENSE, EVEN IN THE EVENT OF THE FAULT,
TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, BREACH OF CONTRACT
OR BREACH OF WARRANTY OF FOXIT, EVEN IF FOXIT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
11.1. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND REMEDIES. Notwithstanding any
damages that You might incur for any reason whatsoever (including, without
limitation, all damages referenced above and all direct or general damages),
the entire liability of Foxit, its resellers and their subsidiaries under any
provision of this License and Your exclusive remedy for all of the foregoing
shall be limited to the amount actually paid by You for the Product. The
foregoing limitations, exclusions and disclaimers shall apply to the maximum
extent permitted by applicable law, even if any remedy fails its essential
purpose.
11.2. NOTICE TO U.S. GOVERNMENT END USERS
11.3. For contracts with agencies of the Department of Defense, the
Government’s rights in: (1) commercial computer software and commercial
computer software documentation shall be governed, pursuant to 48 C.F.R.
227.7201 through 227.7202-4, by Foxit’s standard commercial license(s) for
the respective product(s); (2) software and software documentation other than
commercial computer software and commercial computer software
documentation shall be governed by 48 C.F.R. 252.227-7014; (3) technical
data for commercial items other than software or software documentation shall
be governed by 48 C.F.R. 252.227-7015(b); and (4) technical data for
non-commercial items other than software or software documentation shall be
governed by 48 C.F.R. 252.227-7013.
11.4. For contracts with U.S. Government agencies other than the Department
of Defense agencies, the Government’s rights in: (1) commercial computer
software and commercial computer software documentation shall be governed,
pursuant to 48 C.F.R. 2.101 and 12.212, by Foxit’s standard commercial
license(s) for the respective product(s); (2) software and software
documentation other than commercial computer software and commercial
computer software documentation shall be governed by 48 C.F.R. 52.227-14,
Alternative III; and (3) technical data other than software and software
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documentation shall be governed by 48 C.F.R. 52.227-14 including, where
applicable Alternatives I or II.
12. GENERAL. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of California excluding that body of laws known as conflicts of
law. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
will not apply. Any legal action or proceeding arising under this Agreement will be
brought exclusively in the federal or state courts located in San Jose, California and
the parties hereby irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue therein.
You may not assign this Agreement or any right or interest hereunder, by operation of
law or otherwise, without Foxit’s express prior written consent. Any attempt to assign
this Agreement, without such consent, will be null and of no effect. Subject to the
foregoing, this Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit of each party's successors
and permitted assigns. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the exercise
by either party of any of its remedies under this Agreement will be without prejudice to
its other remedies under this Agreement or otherwise. If for any reason a court of
competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable,
that provision of the Agreement will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible
and the other provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect. All
notices or approvals required or permitted under this Agreement will be in writing and
delivered by confirmed facsimile transmission, by overnight delivery services, or by
certified mail, and in each instance will be deemed given upon receipt. All notices or
approvals will be sent to the addresses set forth in the applicable ordering document
or invoice or to such other address as may be specified by either party to the other in
accordance with this section. Neither party will be responsible for any failure or delay
in its performance under this Agreement (except for any payment obligations) due to
causes beyond its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, labor disputes,
strikes, lockouts, shortages of or inability to obtain labor, energy or supplies, war,
terrorism, riot, or acts of God. The failure by either party to enforce any provision of
this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of future enforcement of that or any other
provision. This Agreement, including Foxit’s support and maintenance services terms
constitutes the entire and exclusive agreement between the parties concerning its
subject matter and supersedes all prior written and oral understandings and
agreements between the parties regarding its subject matter. The terms and
conditions contained in any customer purchase order or other ordering document that
are inconsistent with or in addition to the terms and conditions of this Agreement are
hereby rejected by Foxit and will be deemed null and of no effect.
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13. COMPLIANCE WITH LICENSES. If You are a business, company or organization,
You agree that upon request from Foxit or its authorized representative You will within
thirty (30) days fully document and certify that use of any and all Foxit Products at the
time of the request is in conformity with Your valid licenses from Foxit.
14. DISCONTINUING OR MODIFYING SERVICES. You acknowledge that Foxit has
the right to discontinue the manufacture and development of any of the Product and
the support for that Product, in its sole discretion at any time, including the distribution
of older Product versions, provided that Foxit agrees not to discontinue the support for
that Product during the current annual term of this Agreement, subject to the
termination provisions herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Foxit discontinues the
manufacture and support for a particular Product, Support for any remaining Products
covered by this Agreement shall not be adversely affected. Foxit reserves the right to
alter the Support, in its sole discretion but in no event shall such alterations result in:
(a) diminished support from the level of support set forth herein; (b) materially
diminished obligations for Foxit; or (c) Your materially diminished rights.
15. MARKETING. You agree that You and Your business, company, or organization
may be identified as a customer of Foxit and Foxit may refer to You and your business,
company, or organization by name and logo, and Foxit may briefly describe
Licensee’s business in Foxit’s marketing materials and website.
16. Should You have any questions concerning this License, or if You desire to
contact Foxit for any reason, please call (510) 438-9090.
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Chapter 1 - Overview
Welcome to Foxit PDF IFilter - a professional tool that helps you to index PDF files.
Foxit PDF IFilter is an application that extracts the contents, properties, bookmarks, form,
annotations and attachments from PDF documents, indexes them, and returns the
indexed results to the search engine so that users can search PDF documents with
keywords.
Foxit PDF IFilter supports PDF 1.7 specification and can be used in many Microsoft
search engines, such as Windows Indexing Service, MSN Desktop Search, Internet
Information Server, SharePoint Portal Server, Windows SharePoint Services (WSS), Site
Server, Exchange Server, SQL Server, and all other products based on Microsoft Search
technology. With Foxit PDF IFilter, all these search engines can find PDF files with ease.
Why PDF IFilter?
PDF IFilter is necessary for several reasons:
Microsoft creates and maintains office file formats, such as .doc, .xls, .ppt, etc.
However, many other file formats are created and maintained by other companies.
For example, PDF was created by Adobe.
With the advantages of security, reliability and accessibility, PDF is now being used
by more and more people all over the world.
PDF IFilter is a plug-in that allows Microsoft search engines to index PDF files so that
they become searchable. Without an appropriate PDF IFilter, contents of a PDF file
cannot be indexed.
Why Foxit PDF IFilter?
Foxit PDF IFilter is favored by a large number of governments and well-known companies
because of the following reasons:
Foxit PDF IFilter helps to do PDF indexing, which makes finding information much
easier.
Foxit PDF IFilter supports multi-threading and makes full use of multi-CPU/core in a
server.
Foxit PDF IFilter supports native 64-bit code.
Smaller and faster than other PDF IFilters.
Supports twelve languages. Please go to Language Support part for details.
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How Foxit PDF IFilter works?
Foxit PDF IFilter acts as a plug-in for full-text search engines. A search engine usually
works in two steps:
Step 1, the search engine goes through a designated place, e.g. a file folder or a
database, and indexes all documents or newly modified documents, including PDF
documents, in the background and creates internal data to store the indexed result.
Step 2, a user specifies some keywords for search and the search engine looks up the
indexing result and responds to the user with all the documents that contain the keywords.
During Step 1, the search engine looks in the windows registry for appropriate IFilter
implementations and uses those filters for indexing. It filters out embedded formatting and
extracts text from the document and returns the result. Foxit PDF IFilter is one such
implementation. Further information about the IFilter specification can be found on the
Microsoft Web site.
Key Benefits
Integrates with existing operating systems and tools within your company.
Provides an easy solution to search within PDF documents located on the local
computer, local network, and/or intranet.
Greatly increases your ability to accurately locate information.
Much smaller and faster than PDF IFilters offered by other vendors.
Supports Chinese/Japanese/Korean PDF documents.
Supports native 64-bit code.
Supports searching and indexing PDFs by extracting subject, author and content of
annotations.
Supports multi-threading and takes full use of multiple-CPU in a server.
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Chapter 2 - Getting Started
Installing Foxit PDF IFilter
To install Foxit PDF IFilter on your environment, please first download the current version
with the link provided in the sales email after purchasing the license. Also, you could apply
for 30-day trail from Foxit Website (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/ifilter/).
There are two packs of Foxit PDF IFilter, which are respectively for 32bit OS and 64bit OS.
Please get the proper one and install it as follows.
1. Stop all the appropriate clients.
2. Uninstall any previous version of Foxit PDF IFilter if installed.
3. Launch the installer of Foxit PDF IFilter and follow the step to finish the installation.
4. Restart all the appropriate clients after finishing the installation.
Notes:
More installation steps are required for SQL, WSS and Moss environments. Please
refer to the corresponding chapter.
Foxit PDF IFilter item will appear in program list of Control Panel after installation.
Foxit PDF IFilter has no user interface.
Configuring Foxit PDF IFilter
There are five registry items for configuring Foxit PDF IFilter. They are under the directory:
“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF IFilter”.
FilterAnnotation[REG_DWORD] - sets the value to specify whether to filter out
annotations. 0 represents no and other values represent yes.
FilterBookmarks [REG_DWORD] - sets the value to specify whether to filter out
bookmarks. 0 represents no and other values represent yes.
FilterAttachFile [REG_DWORD] - sets the value to specify whether to filter out
attachments. 0 represents no and other values represent yes.
LogLevel [REG_DWORD] - sets the log level. Value can be from 0 to 3.
0 - no output
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1 - Error log only. Includes error information when errors happen, and stack
message when the application crashes.
2 - Simple log which only includes the main calling functions and returned values.
3 - Detailed log which includes specific information such as date and chunk.
LogFilePath [REG_SZ] - sets the output path of log file.
Note:
The default setting in Foxit PDF IFilter is to filter out bookmarks. Restart the application if
you made any changes to the registry.
Updating Foxit PDF IFilter
To update Foxit PDF IFilter, please download the current version from Foxit website and
then install it. During installation, the old version will be covered. Your previous settings in
Foxit PDF IFilter and the server will not be changed. If you want to use the new features of
Foxit PDF IFilter, you need to reset Foxit PDF IFilter’s settings first. If you want to change
the install path of Foxit PDF IFilter, you must reset the server settings.
Note: If you purchase and activate the official version during the free trial, your settings in
the trial version will not be changed.
Uninstalling Foxit PDF IFilter
To remove the old version of Foxit PDF IFilter, please uninstall it from Control Panel or
with the help of the installer as below:
1. From Control Panel:
Choose Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.
Choose the “Foxit PDF IFilter” item and then click “Remove” button to uninstall it.
2. From the installer:
Double-click the Foxit PDF IFilter.msi setup file that was used to install Foxit PDF
IFilter.
In the Foxit PDF IFilter dialog box, select Remove Foxit PDF IFilter.
Click the Finish button to uninstall it.
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Chapter 3 - Foxit PDF IFilter for
SharePoint/MOSS
Foxit PDF IFilter can help search text in PDF files. After installing Foxit PDF IFilter, you
should upload your PDF documents and perform a full crawl with Microsoft Office
SharePoint Server (MOSS) before you start searching.
You don’t have to do full crawls every time you add new PDF files. You may schedule the
incremental crawls for all the new ones.
Working in SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016
Foxit PDF IFilter can work successfully on SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016 with the
hotfix KB2883000. So for SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016, please make sure that
you have installed the hotfix KB2883000.
Installing Foxit PDF IFilter
There are two packs of Foxit PDF IFilter, which are respectively for 32bit Windows OS and
64bit Windows OS. Please choose one to install according to your server environment.
Before installing Foxit PDF IFilter, please make sure that Microsoft Office SharePoint
Server has been installed successfully.
Note: It is installed on the Crawl server.
To install Foxit PDF IFilter, please follow these steps:
1. Download Foxit PDF IFilter.
You could get the download link by email after purchasing Foxit PDF IFilter or
applying for the 30-day trial version. Then please download Foxit PDF IFilter onto the
machine where you want to install it.
2. Stop the IIS Admin service.
Click Start > Administrator Tools > Services (Local) > IIS Admin Service > Stop >
close window.
3. Install Foxit PDF IFilter.
Run the Foxit PDF IFilter Setup program to install it on the server.
4. Use a third PDF IFilter.
To have a third PDF IFilter worked, you should replace the built-in PDF IFilter.
A. Click Start > choose SharePoint 2013 or SharePoint 2016 Management Shell.
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Please make sure that you have run it as Administrator. Or you may fail to
perform the commands in the following two steps.
B. To replace the built-in PDF IFilter with a third one, please perform the following
two commands:
a. $ssa = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication
b. Set-SPEnterpriseSearchFileFormatState -SearchApplication $ssa PDF $TRUE
$TRUE
C. Please run the following command to retrieve information about "pdf" in the
Search service application.
Get-SPEnterpriseSearchFileFormat -SearchApplication $ssa pdf
The returned value “UseIFilter: True” means that you have successfully used a
third PDF IFilter.
5. Perform an iisreset.
To make the changes to take effect, you need to perform an iisreset.
D. Click Start > Run > type “cmd” to go into the command prompt window > then
type “iisreset”.
E. Exit the command prompt window once if IIS stops and restarts successfully.
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6. Restart the SharePoint Search Service.
To restart the SharePoint Search Service, please perform the following commands:
SharePiont 2013
a. net stop spsearchhostcontroller
b. net start spsearchhostcontroller
c. net stop osearch15
d. net start osearch15
SharePiont 2016
a. net stop spsearchhostcontroller
b. net start spsearchhostcontroller
c. net stop osearch16
d. net start osearch16
Note:
If you changed the settings for PDF IFilter in the configurable registry, please perform the
following commands in the command prompt window:
SharePiont 2013
a. iisreset
b. net stop spsearchhostcontroller
c. net start spsearchhostcontroller
d. net stop osearch15
e. net start osearch15
SharePoint 2016
a. iisreset
b. net stop spsearchhostcontroller
c. net start spsearchhostcontroller
d. net stop osearch16
e. net start osearch16
Indexing PDFs
To index PDF files on your computer, please follow these steps:
1. Add the .pdf file type to the SharePoint content index list.
A. Go to Application Management > Manage service applications > Search
Administration
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B. In Search Administration page > go to Crawling section > click File Types
C. Click New File Type > type “pdf” in the File extension field > click OK.
D. Click New File Type > type “pdf” in the File extension field > click OK.
E. Then you could find that pdf file type has been added to the page and it connects
to the pdf file icon added.
2. Upload a PDF file and then perform a Full Crawl.
A. Go to Documents and click new document.
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