AFSearch offline search engine, NavSearch

Build indexes of directories and files
Search for keywords or phrases with blazing speed
Scan local/network drives or CD-ROM
Auto conversion of European symbols
Use boolean operators to perform multiple keyword searches.
Can limit file size, and file age
Generate file summary from files
Keyword Highlight function
Sort results base on HTML title, File Name, Date and Size
Display search results automatically in your favorite web browser.
Customizable result header and footer
Easy And Seamless Integration Into Your HTML Files With Localhost (Local Cgi-Bin) Mode Support
Web Search Engine alike interface

Converters supported by AFSearch

Microsoft Import Converters

AFSearch supports text converters provided by Microsoft, for the indexing of of DOC and XLS files.

In most cases, these converters are already installed in the default directory as provided with MS-Office installation -- which are usually at:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\TEXTCONV\

If you have the converter files but in another location, simply find or create a [CONV] folder under AFSearch.exe, and copy all files to this folder.

You can also download (FREE) Microsoft converter files from:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;212265

XPDF (PDFTOTEXT tool for PDF file indexing)

Installation:

Download the PDFTOTEXT converter.
Create create a [CONV] folder under AFSearch.exe, unzip all files in PDF-Filter into this folder.
AFSearch will then be able to index PDF files.

*** Xpdf is an open source viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. and is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Xpdf is not part of AFSearch distribution package and is not covered by AFSearch license agreement. For more information about Xpdf, please visit http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html