Microsoft Index Server Release Notes

Thank you for installing Microsoft® Index Server version 2.0 Beta 3 for Microsoft® Internet Information Server (IIS) version 4.0 running on Microsoft® Windows NT® Server. This topic supplements information contained in the online documentation.

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Visit the Index Server Home Page

For more information about Index Server and related features, see the home page at the following address:

http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/search


Unavailable Features in Beta 3

The following features are not yet implemented for this Beta 3 release of Index Server. These features will be available for the final release of this product.


Changes to the Documentation

This section updates the main documentation for the following pages:

Getting Started

At the beginning of the Getting Started page, there is a list of sample files. The names of these files have changed to the following:

Editing the Sample Query Form

This section revises the instructions for setting the Index Server sample search form for querying your Web site. Revisions in the procedure reflect revisions in the sample forms.

First, be sure to copy the sample files from Query.htm, Query.idq, and Query.htx to Sample.htm, Sample.idq, and Sample.htx. Then, you are ready to start.

 

To set up the search form
  1. Move Sample.htm to the directory that contains the documents for your Web site.
  2. In this example, assume you have created a virtual directory for your documents and called it /Mysite.

  3. Replace the Index Server logo and title with your own title.
  4. Open Sample.htm in any text editor, and look for the following line:

    
    <IMG SRC ="is2logo.gif" VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=LEFT>
    
  5. Either replace Is2logo.gif with your own .gif file or save your logo as Is2logo.gif. If your logo is located in different virtual directory, you must type the full path to that directory. For example:
  6. 
    <IMG SRC ="/iissamples/issamples/is2logo.gif" VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=LEFT>
    
  7. Replace the title (Sample HTM/IDQ/HTX Search Form) with your own title.
  8. Search for the following line:
  9. 
    <FORM ACTION="query.idq" METHOD="GET">
    
  10. Change this line as follows:
  11. 
    <FORM ACTION="/iissamples/issamples/sample.idq" METHOD="GET">
    

    Because you moved Sample.htm in Step 1, but left Sample.idq in the /IisSamples/IsSamples virtual directory, you must specify the virtual path to Sample.idq.

  12. Save Sample.htm, and close the text editor.

Tour of Index Server

The sample query forms have been revised as follows:

Once you have selected the Index Server Sample Query Form through the Start button on the Windows NT Taskbar, you can select another sample form by clicking the form name in the left frame of your browser.

You should skip the Searching Documents in Multiple Languages section of the tour. For details, see Support for Multiple Languages.

Support for Multiple Languages

You should skip this section of the Tour for the Beta 3 release of Index Server, because support for multiple language queries has not yet been implemented for any Microsoft Office documents.

Moving and Removing a Catalog

You can now remove a catalog through the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).

To remove a catalog
  1. In the MMC, right click Index Server on Local Machine.
  2. Click Stop. This action stops the Content Index service and allows you to add or remove a catalog.
  3. Right click the catalog you want to remove.
  4. On the menu that appears, click Remove Catalog.
  5. A prompt asks if you want to permanently remove the catalog. Click Yes.
  6. The catalog name disappears from the MMC.

  7. Right click Index Server on Local Machine.
  8. Click Start to restart the Content Index service.

Note   Although this procedure removes a catalog from Index Server, it does not delete the corresponding directory from the computer.

Main Registry Parameters

This section contains additions to the Index Server registry parameters.

FilterDelayInterval REG_DWORD
Units: Seconds
Default: 20
Range: 0–600
Determines the number of seconds to wait when the number of documents left to filter equals the setting in FilterRemainingThreshold. This delay prevents Index Server from overusing resources trying to index temporary files created by running applications. Increase this setting if filtering certain files uses more resources than it should.

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