SPS 2003 Searching PDF files - Sharepoint

The problem isn't with SPS 2003. The problem is with the Adobe IFilter
which only works with Acrobat versions up to 6.0.

There's a rumour that if you install Adobe Acrobat 8.0 on the server
that you will then have an IFilter which handles 7.0 and 8.0. The reason
is that Adobe Acrobat 8.0 includes a built-in IFilter which is why Adobe
are in no rush to make a stand-alone one. But so far that's just a
unconfirmed rumour.


Mike Walsh
WSS FAQ http://www.wssfaq.com
no questions by e-mail please



ashok.sandya@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an SPS 2003 portal site where I have stored pdf files (version
> 8). I only have the Adobe IFilter version 6 installed and setup. It
> seems like my pdf files are getting indexed but my search does not
> return any results for pdf files. It does not search the pdf files at
> all. Is it even possible to search Ver 7 and Ver 8 pdf files using SPS
> 2003?
>
> Thanks for the help
> Ashok
>

On Aug 10, 2:39 am, Mike Walsh <englantilai...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> The problem isn't with SPS 2003. The problem is with the Adobe IFilter
> which only works with Acrobat versions up to 6.0.
>
> There's a rumour that if you install Adobe Acrobat 8.0 on the server
> that you will then have an IFilter which handles 7.0 and 8.0. The reason
> is that Adobe Acrobat 8.0 includes a built-in IFilter which is why Adobe
> are in no rush to make a stand-alone one. But so far that's just a
> unconfirmed rumour.
>
> Mike Walsh
> WSS FAQhttp://www.wssfaq.com
> no questions by e-mail please
>
>
>
> ashok.san...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > I have an SPS 2003 portal site where I have stored pdf files (version
> > 8). I only have the Adobe IFilter version 6 installed and setup. It
> > seems like my pdf files are getting indexed but my search does not
> > return any results for pdf files. It does not search the pdf files at
> > all. Is it even possible to search Ver 7 and Ver 8 pdf files using SPS
> > 2003?
>
> > Thanks for the help
> > Ashok- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks for the answer. I have installed the latest version of Adobe
Reader on the server and the search still does not search through PDF
files. Please let me know if anyone else has tried this or solved this
issue.

Thanks
Ashok