NavSearch User Reference

Before start searching, you must tell NavSearch the location of your favourite web browser, and assign a temporary file where searching results should be stored. You do this by goto [Files | Setup Browser]

NavSearch switches

[ADVANCE]

SaveOnExit=0	Do not save options at exit
Show_Lang=0	Hide Language Selection Menu (NavSearch has English and French interface)
Show_Option=0	Hide NavSearch [FILE] on the menu bar
Show_DirBtn=0	No directory browse button
Show_FileType=0	No selection of file type
Show_SubCheck=0	No check box for 'Include Subdirectory'
Show_Adv=0	Hide panel [Advance Options]
Modify_Dir=0	In the [Limit to Directory] box, user may not input their own directory.
Can_Close=0	NavSearch window cannot be closed
CloseOnExit=1	Close NavSearch after search

[APPINFO]

INIPATH=D:\ini-directory\

Save NAVSRH's preferences (NAVSRH.INI) in another directory, instead of the same directory as NAVSRH.EXE. This switch is particular useful if NAVSRH.EXE is running from CD-ROM, or a network server. e.g. INIPATH=C:\TEMP\ .or. INIPATH=A:\

How to launch NavSearch within HTML pages

You can do this easily by setting up NavSearch as a helper application. e.g. Setup NavSearch as a helper application for ".srh" extension. When user click on <A HREF="temp.srh">Click here to search documents</A>, NavSearch will be lauched by the browser automatically.

In order to make the above example working you need to create a file call "temp.srh'. However it can be empty or just a dummy file, as its content is never used.

Netscape users can setup a helper application by:

1. Start Netscape
2. Goto Options | General Options | Helpers

MSIE users can setup a helper application by:

1. Goto View | Options
2. Select the [Program] Tab
3. Click on [File Types]
4. Click on [New Type]

Now, you can define NavSearch as the helper application for *.SRH document types.

How to launch NavSearch within HTML Frames

As mentioned above, NavSearch outputs its results to a temporary result file. You can set your result file name to whatever you like.

If - NO - FRAME file name is set, NavSearch will tell your browser to load the "Result File" everytime a search is completed.

If FRAME file name is set, NavSearch will tell your browser to load the "Frame File" everytime a search is completed.

If you do use a FRAME file, the frame file must have a "frame src=temp.htm", where temp.htm refers to the result file. So when NavSearch tells your browser to reload the FRAME file, the results will be displayed with that frame.

e.g

1. You want NavSearch to output its results to "MYRESULT.HTM"
2. You want this Result appear in your FRAME file, "OPEN.HTM"
3. You have a frame in OPEN.HTM which loads "MYRESULT.HTM"

Your result file name is "MYRESULT.HTM"
Your frame file name is "OPEN.HTM"

Distribute NavSearch on CD-ROM/Floppy/Network

1. You must include the following files:
   • 16bit: NAVSRH.EXE & or
   • 32bit: NAVSRH32.EXE &
   • NSACCESS.INI - contains your registration key and access control info.
   • NAVSRH.INI - contains your NAVSEARCH preferences (e.g. helper applications info, background color, homepage location, etc).
2. Useful dynamic variables for defining homepage location, path list, and search paths:
   %temp% - the Windows default temporary directory, usually points to C:\TEMP
   %exedir% - the directory of the program files
   %exedriver% - the driver ID from which the program is running from.
   These 3 variables are very useful if you need to refer programs, html files, path on your CDROM/Floppy/Network, but don't know the driver ID where the user will run the program from.
   e.g. if your user install your program under E:\DEMO\NAVSRH
   
   • You can point the result file to %TEMP%NSTEMP.HTM, or %EXEDIR%NSTEMP.HTM
     
   • %temp%NSTEMP = C:\TEMP\nstemp.htm
     
   • %exedir%NSTEMP = E:\DEMO\NAVSRH\nstemp.htm
     
   • %exedriver%\NSTEMP = E:\nstemp.htm
     
3. If you distribute files on CD-ROM, or a read-only floppy, you should stop user from saving their preferences/boomarks to the same disk. You can do this by set SaveOnExit=0. see above