FM Search Tools

[Pinkham, Jim]

I've used Windows Desktop Search daily for about a year. It does a great
job of searching numerous file types including .fm and .pdf files. 

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+jim.pinkham=voith.com at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+jim.pinkham=voith.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:06 AM
To: Techshoret; Framers
Subject: FM Search Tools

Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools that
does a good job searching FM files?

Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson



Scott Prentice wrote:
> Hi Jim...
>
> A quick test shows me that the name of the referenced inset is visible

> as plain text within the binary FM file (FM7.2). I can't say for sure 
> that this is 100% reliable, but I'll bet that it is. You should be 
> able to do a text search (using a reliable tool .. not the default 
> Windows Search) of the suspect inset host files using the filename of 
> the inset.
>
> The only other way I know of would be with an FDK plugin or 
> FrameScript that would crawl the directory structure, open each file 
> and look for the inset .. I don't think that such a plugin/script 
> exists, but it would be fairly simple to create.
>
> Good luck!
>
> ...scott
>
> Scott Prentice
> Leximation, Inc.
> www.leximation.com
> +1.415.485.1892
>
>
>
> Pinkham, Jim wrote:
>> I've learned of an error in a text inset for one of our manuals. It 
>> poses the obvious question of how many other manuals may carry the 
>> same error. Is there a streamlined way to determine which manuals may

>> contain a particular text inset -- short of opening all 62 books and 
>> running the archive plug-in on each?
>>  
>> TIA,
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   
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