Introducing The Sleuthhound!

Getting information

Todays computers contain a mass of information. Find your files and documents using this personal hard disk search engine. The Sleuthhound! is an easy and quick way to find information on your PC. This efficient hard disk search system allows you to have instant access to your documents using keywords.

The Sleuthhound! is a genuine personal hard disk Search Engine

Before using The Sleuthhound!, the search engine program reviews the folders on your hard disk which you have selected for your Search Zone.  This initial search and indexing of folders plus their contents is memorized and held in a primary search index.  After creating an index for your specified Search Zone, The Sleuthhound! will return you a list of documents containing keywords in ONE second.

The Sleuthhound! is designed like a Web Search Engine and has an easy-to-use interface which enables you to search your hard disk using the same principle as a Web Search Engine.

The Sleuthhound! shows located documents in the Result Browser, in a similar manner used by popular Web Search Engines (AltaVista, for example).  The Sleuthhound! will display the relevant search word in your documents with keywords highlighted. You may advance your search within individual documents and find further occurrences of your keywords.

The Sleuthhound! supports plug-ins to allow you to extend program functionality. You can search many document formats, including rich text format (RTF), and Adobe®  Acrobat Document (PDF)

What can The Sleuthhound! do?

Search for documents by keywords and display a document list in ONE second

Has an easy-to-use, attractive and readable interface similar to popular Web Search Engines

Shows extracts from the located documents with highlighted keywords

Sorts list of located documents by document name, document data, folder name.

Uses complex query with logical operator AND, OR, NOT, ( )

Searches documents by trimmed keyword with wildcards *  for extensive search

Search documents by document date and name

Supports plug-ins to allow you to extend program functionality.

Automatically recognizes text coding in ASCII, ANSI, Unicode formats

Runs the associated application and enables viewing of the whole document with a click on the located document

Can be added to Windows start-up for automatic watch over your folders and documents.

See also:

Take a Tour

Getting started

System Requirement

Main Window


Getting started

The Sleuthhound! is a new generation personal search engine that operates like popular Internet Search Engines. Just set The Sleuthhound! on your folders and enjoy the powerful and instant search results.

If you forget which folders contain your most important documents or you want to get all the documents on a certain subject, use The Sleuthhound!. Enter several keywords and click the command Go! The Sleuthhound! finds all the documents that contain the keywords and displays the results in an easy-to-navigate Results Browser. The text is shown with the highlighted keywords in both the Result Browser and in the internal viewer; view and choose the documents you need. Click on the header or the File name of the document and it opens in its native Windows application.

Below are some tips that will enhance working with The Sleuthhound! and make your search task  easier.

Take a Tour

Take an on-line tutorial with iSleuthHound Technologies.

Take a Tour

See The Sleuthhound! Quick Start Search Guide

How to Search and The Sleuthhound! quick start search guide

How to Search

Add The Sleuthhound! to the Startup folder

The Sleuthhound! can automatically trace any changes in the Search Zone. All new documents added to folders in nominated Search Zones will be indexed by The Sleuthhound! automatically. This is an excellent reason to add The Sleuthhound! to the Startup folder.

How The Sleuthhound! can automatically watch folders

Include "My  Documents" folder in the Search Zone

Include your most important documents in the Search Zone for instant access.

How to set The Sleuthhound! on your Folders

Use several keywords in the query

The Sleuthhound! can find all the documents you need. If The Sleuthhound! returns a lot of results, enter several keywords in the query. The fast search process enables you to frequently modify searches without the usual time lost waiting on the Web search responses and your computer slowing down

Basics of Effective Searching


Install/Uninstall The Sleuthhound!

To install The Sleuthhound!

1 Download the archive file into one folder

2 Double click the file and the Setup program will unpack automatically and present you with the familiar Setup screen.

3 Follow the Setup instructions for installing The Sleuthhound!

To uninstall The Sleuthhound!

1	Open your Control Panel from the Start/Settings menu.

2	Choose Add/Remove Programs.

3  	Select The Sleuthhound! from the list of programs.

4  	Click on the Add/Remove button to load The Sleuthhound's uninstall program.

5   Select Remove from the three options when you are asked if you wish to uninstall The Sleuthhound!.

6	The Sleuthhound! will be removed from your system.

Special Note for Windows NT4, and Windows 2000 users.

You must have administrator rights to install The Sleuthhound!.  To Install The Sleuthhound!, logon with administrator login. After installing, login under user name and enter your personal registration code.

If you have a problem with installing The Sleuthhound! forward an email to

iSleuthHound Technologies

Technical support: support@isleuthhound.com


Set The Sleuthhound!  Pro onto folders
Turn your folders into Search Zone

Turn your folders into Search Zone

Run The Sleuthhound!. Open the Search Zone Manager panel or right click with the mouse and choose Start Wizard on the pop-up menu.

If you use the Search Zone Manager, click New to create a new Search Zone, or click Extend to extend the existing Search Zone.

Use the Search Zone Wizard to create a Search Zone and follow the instructions.

Tips:

Specify your Search Zone to include the most important folders and documents: My Documents, for example. If you have changed the default directory for work documents, then include this also.

Set the frequency of update Search Zone with Search Zone Manager/Schedule.

See also:

How to search for documents

How to set The Sleuthhound! on your Folders

Using the Wizard to Create or Extend Search Zone


Taking a Tour

Learn how The Sleuthhound! can help you find documents, files and information on PC.

This will connect you to the Web and use your default browser if you are not already connected.

On-line Tour

Take the on-line Tour on The Sleuthhound! home page

http://www.isleuthhound.com/sleuthhound/tour


Searching for Documents

Search quickly with prompt results

Type the words you wish to find in The Sleuthhound! Main Window and press the Go button. You will instantly be presented with a list of all the documents containing your keywords.

The Sleuthhound! displays the search results in the Results Browser. The Results Browser enables you to look through the list of displayed documents, select the document you need and open it with associated application.

Important!

Before making a search you must first create a Search Zone for The Sleuthhound! to do its searches in!

Tips:

If you don't see the desired results, check that the setting for the current Search Zone is correct.

Use several keywords in the query.

Use synonyms as keywords.

Use the trimmed keyword with the wildcard sign * (asterisk) for extensive search. The wildcard * can represent any letter.

See also:

How to set The Sleuthhound! on folders

Basics of Effective Searching

How The Sleuthhound! works

What is a Search Zone


Browsing Search Results

Navigating the list of Documents and Keywords with the Results Browser

The Sleuthhound! shows the documents containing the specified keywords with the Results Browser. This window provides a preview of the documents in a slightly abbreviated form. Instances of keywords discovered in the search are highlighted. Select and view the documents that respond to your request.

Click the  Prev or Next buttons to display further search results. To make quick preview of the whole document text with highlighted keywords click on the Preview icon. To view the entire document, click the document header to open the file in its default application.

Click on the Page Number on the bottom the Results Browser screen to view the next ten hits. If you have a large number of recovered documents use either the Next or Prev buttons to navigate the list.

Sort criteria for the displayed documents can be found in the list box which is located at the bottom left of the Results Browser.

Tips:

If located documents have a long path name maximize the Results Browser window.

Use the Stop button to stop showing the text extracts or preview of the whole document text.

See also:

Results Browser

How to select documents you need


Basics of Effective Searching

Use several words in the query

For a most accurate search use several keywords in the search box. By default The Sleuthhound! finds documents that contain all words from a query. For example: sport health, the search query will retrieve only that document containing both words in the same document.

If you want to search for documents in another manner, you may also use logical operators.

Use the trimmed keywords with wildcards - * (asterisk)

Use the trimmed keyword with the wildcard * (asterisk) for an extensive search. The * denotes any letter.

Use logical operators for flexible search

The Sleuthhound! can search the documents by using logical operators AND, OR, NOT, ( )

AND: For a more specific query, use this logical operator. This limits results to those documents that contain all of the search terms in your query. For instance, using the following search query: sport AND health AND benefits, should retrieve only those documents containing all three words in the same document.

OR: This operator may be useful for the first phases of a search, when you are not exactly sure what information is available on your subject or what words are used to categorize your subject. When OR is used between two words, the OR operator instructs the search tool to retrieve any document containing either of the words. Indeed, search queries containing OR are very broad and may often return documents that are not relevant.

NOT: This operator is used to ignore documents containing a particular word or combination of words from your search results. For instance, if you are performing a search on "sport" and "health", you may wish to exclude documents dealing with "boxing". To make this exclusion, you could construct your search query as: sport AND health NOT boxing. This search would identify all documents containing the words "sport" and "health" except for those that also contain the word "boxing" as illustrated below.

Search by exact phrase

The Sleuthhound! allows you to find the documents by exact phrase that should be present in the documents. To specify the phrase to search for select it with quotes.

For instance, using the following search query: "iSleuthHound Technologies", should retrieve the documents which have exact phrase "iSleuthHound Technologies" in the text of document.

Using New Search Techniques: Document Name (FileName), Document Folder, Document Date

Document properties such as document name, folder (include document path) and document last modified date can be used for extended searching.

You may search by document name. Specify words that are contained in the document name with the keyword "Name:".

For instance, using the following search query: Name:notes, should retrieve the documents which have word "notes" in the name of document (Eg. "latest notes.doc").

You may search by document folder (include full document path). Specify words that are contained in the document path (exclude document name) with the keyword "Folder:".

For instance, using the following search query: Folder:documents, should retrieve the documents which have word "documents" in the full path of document (Ex. "c:\My documents\...") .

You may search by document date specifying the query with the date and key "Date:". You must type the date in the following format "Date:YYYY.MM.DD". You may use wildcards * for searching in the time period.

For instance, using the following search query: Date:2000.01* should retrieve the documents which were created in the January of 2000.

Tips:

Use synonyms as keywords in query.

See also:

How to search for documents

How to write an effective search

How The Sleuthhound! works


How to search for documents

Make your search on the PC hard disk as effective as an Internet Search Engine.

The Sleuthhound! functions effectively and quickly, no matter what the document name is or which folder holds the document. The Sleuthhound! finds all documents in one second!

Getting instant access to documents you want

Start The Sleuthhound! from the system tray, the Desktop or the Program Folder

Enter the keywords you wish to search for in the text-box below the picture of the Sleuthhound.

Click the Go button to retrieve all documents on your hard disk  that contain the keywords.

Tips:

In case you don't get any results, check that the setting of the current Search Zone is correct. You MUST have a Search Zone created and selected to do a search.

Use the several keywords in the query.

Use synonyms as keywords

Use the trimmed keyword with wildcards * (asterisk) for extensive search. The * denotes any letter.

See also:

How to set The Sleuthhound! on Folders

How to select documents you need

How edit or view located Documents

How The Sleuthhound! works

What is a Search Zone

How to Search on the Web


How to set The Sleuthhound! on your Folders

Set The Sleuthhound! on your folders and find your documents in a second!

Start The Sleuthhound!, and open the Search Zone Manager panel (or right click the mouse) and choose Start Wizard on the pop-up menu.

If you use the Search Zone Manager click New to Create a new Search Zone or click Extend to extend existing Search Zone.

Use the Wizard (right click in the text box) to create a Search Zone and follow the instructions.

Tips:

Add into the Search Zone the most important folders and documents: My documents, for example.

Set the frequency of updating Search Zone with Search Zone Manager/Schedule.

See also:

Take a Tour

Create or extend Search Zone

What is a Search Zone

How The Sleuthhound! works


How to select the documents you need

Use The Sleuthhound! and search for the documents. The Result Browser Window shows detected documents.

Review the list of found documents

The Results Browser displays ten keyword documents per page. Click on the page number to view other pages. Scroll down the list and review the list of documents.

The first line indicates the number assigned to the document according to the order in which it is displayed on the screen, the heading of the document, and the icon, showing the application which opens it.

The second line contains the date of the last modification to the document, document path and full name.

The next line views the text from the document that contains search keywords. Search keywords are highlighted in summaries.

Scan the text

Beside the text of the located documents are the Prev and Next buttons. If another entry of the keyword is present in the text, the Next or Prev buttons are highlighted a blue colour, accordingly. Click on the Next or Prev buttons to view various occurrences of the keyword in the document.

Make a quick preview of text – jump to keywords.

Above the Prev and Next buttons is a Preview button. Click on the Preview button to view all the document text with highlighted keywords. This will enable you preview your document and jump directly to the keywords.

Sort the way you want it

Sort by: (In the bottom left corner) This drop-down list enables you to sort located documents by three criteria: name, path, and date of last modification. Also you can use ascending and descending sort options for all three criteria by clicking on the A-Z or Z-A sorting options.

Open the document

Click on the heading to open/view document in its application.

See also:

How to edit or view found Documents

Results Browser


How to edit or view located Documents

You can edit or view documents in its native application.

Use The Sleuthhound! to search for the documents required. View the list of located documents in the Results Browser. Click the mouse on the header of the document or the document name to open the document with the application that is associated with in Windows.

Example:

If you click on a Microsoft Word document (*.doc) The Sleuthhound! will start Microsoft Word to edit.

See also:

Results Browser


How to write an effective search

For perfect searches enter a query that contains the keywords located in documents.

The Sleuthhound! is a fully-functional hard disk search engine

Specify the significant keywords to search for. Here are some possible modes to enter a search query:

Search for all words: results will include every keyword entered. Separate the keywords by using the SPACEBAR or type AND.

Search for any word: results will include at least one keyword (or). Separate the keywords with OR.

Excludes documents containing the specified word or phrase. Use NOT.

AND: For a more specific query, use this logical operator. It limits results to those documents that contain all of the search terms in your query. For instance, using these search queries: sport AND health AND benefits, the search query should retrieve only those documents containing all three words in the same document.

OR: This operator may be useful for the first phases of a search, when you are not exactly sure what information is available on your topic or what words are used to categorize it. When OR is used between two words, the OR operator instructs the search tool to retrieve any document containing either of the words. Indeed, search queries containing OR are very broad and may often return documents that are not relevant.

NOT: This operator is used to ignore documents containing a particular word or combination of words from your search results. For instance, if you are performing a search on "sport" and "health", you may wish to exclude documents dealing with "boxing". To make this exclusion, you could construct your search query as: sport AND health NOT boxing. This search would identify all documents containing the words "sport" and "health" except for those that also contain the word "boxing" as illustrated below.

Use the trimmed keywords with wildcards - * (asterisk)

Use the trimmed keyword with wildcards * (asterisk) for extensive search. The * denotes any letter.

Using New Search Techniques: Document Name, (FileName) Document Folder, Document Date

Document properties such as document name, folder (include document path) and document last modified date can be used for extended searching.

You may search by document name. Specify words that are contained in the document name with the keyword "Name:".

For instance, using the following search query: Name:notes, should retrieve the documents which have word "notes" in the name of document (Eg. "latest notes.doc").

You may search by document folder (include full document path). Specify words that are contained in the document path (exclude document name) with the keyword "Folder:".

For instance, using the following search query: Folder:documents, should retrieve the documents which have word "documents" in the full path of document (Ex. "c:\My documents\...") .

You may search by document date specifying the query with the date and key "Date:". You must type the date in the following format "Date:YYYY.MM.DD". You may use wildcards * for searching in the time period.

For instance, using the following search query: Date:2000.01* should retrieve the documents which were created in the January of 2000.

The examples of correct query

Search 	Function

Sleuth	Finds documents that contain "Sleuth" or any capitalized

 	variant (Sleuth, sleuth, SLEUTH, Sleuths).

Sleuth Hound	Finds only documents that contain both words "Sleuth" AND

"Hound".

Sleuth*	Finds documents that contain any word starting with Sleuth.

Use this feature if you are not sure how a word is spelled.

 	Sleuthhound, Sleuths, etc. for example.

Sleuth AND Hound	Finds only documents that contain both words.

Sleuth OR Hound	Finds documents that contain either Sleuth or Hound or any

 	capitalized variant.

Sleuth NOT Hound	Finds documents that contain the word "Sleuth" but do not

 	contain the word "Hound".

(Sleuth AND Hound) NOT Web	Finds documents that contain the word "Sleuth" and word

"Hound" but do not contain the word "Web".

Tips:

Use unique words, and roots of words for wide search results.

See also:

Basics of Effective Searching

How The Sleuthhound! works


How to organize Search Zones

You can manage Search Zones with the Search Zone Manager. To open the Search Zone Manager window, click on Search Zone Manager in the Main Window.

Create new Search Zone

Click the New button to create a new Search Zone. Check the document types you are searching for, select folders which will form the nucleus of your new Search Zone.

Extend existing Search Zone

Click the Extend button to extend any existing Search Zone. Select your document types, and select additional folders to add to existing Search Zone.

Stop creating/view Search Zone

Click the Stop button to stop creating or viewing current Search Zone.

Delete Search Zone

Click the Del button to delete the current Search Zone. Be careful when deleting a Search Zone. The Sleuthhound! searches for documents from the set Search Zones only.

Update Search Zone

Click the Update button to update the information about documents from current Search Zone synchronously (now). The Sleuthhound! will view the current Search Zone and memorize all changes in documents and folders.

Set Schedule of Updating Search Zone

Click the Schedule button to set frequency of current Search Zone Update. The Sleuthhound! can update Search Zone every day, week or month as you need. By default Search Zone will update every week.

Tips:

Add My Documents folder to the Search Zone.

Set the frequency of Updating Search Zones.

See also:

Search Zone Manager

What is a Search Zone


How to organize your notes

If you have a lot of non-structured notes The Sleuthhound! can help you index the notes. Usually the notes are text files, clips and pastes that contain similar information.

First set The Sleuthhound! on the folders with your notes. Give the Search Zone a name e.g. My Notes. Instantly, you have an easy way to organize loose notes and other odds and ends, because you can find your notes by the best criteria - by the text.

Add note description

Advanced users can organize their notes with a special description heading added into the note. Insert in the heading the relevant information about the note: date, author, theme etc. After completing this task, set The Sleuthhound! onto the folders with headings in the notes. The Sleuthhound! memorizes both the text and the headings of the notes. You can find a group of notes by keywords from heading. This unique quality of The Sleuthhound! transforms the scattered notes into small data base engine.

See also:

How to search for documents

Basics of Effective Searching


Main Window

The Main Window contains the basic commands for operating The Sleuthhound!

Enter the keyword(s) you wish to search for in the box below the picture of the Sleuthhound.

Click on the Go button or press Enter to begin the search. In one second The Sleuthhound! will find the documents you want.

Main Window

iSleuthHound Technologies: Click to open The Sleuthhound! Home page.

Help: Click to display The Sleuthhound! help topics.

Search Zone Manager: Click on Search Zone Manager to open the panel and access additional search zone functions.

Advanced Search: Click to open Results Browser with "Advanced Search" panel gives access to Power Searches.

Favorite Searches: Click to open Results Browser with "Favorite Searches" panel allows saving or running of popular searches.

Options: Click to change the Options of The Sleuthhound!.

About: Click to display information about The Sleuthhound! version and copyrights.

Search: Enter the keyword(s) you wish to search for and click on the Go button or press Enter 	to begin the search.

The drop down menu will list the last ten queries.

To clear drop-down box choose "--- clear history list ---" at the bottom of the list.

Right Click to get Pop-Up menu which allows you Cut, Copy, Paste.

Where: Select Search Zone you wish to search for.

Right click mouse on the Image of Hound to start the  pop-up menu.

Find it! Click to open The Sleuthhound! from system tray.

Start Wizard Click to create or extend Search Zone.

Add to Startup Click to put The Sleuthhound! into StartUp folder for automatic tracing of any changes in you r Search Zones.

Remove from Startup This to remove The Sleuthhound! from the StartUp folder.

Register Click to enter the registration code.

Web Search Service Click to open the Web search service by iSleuthHound Technologies.

About Click to display information about The Sleuthhound! version number  and copyrights.

Minimize Click to minimize main window and put The Sleuthhound! in the system tray.

Exit Click to exit The Sleuthhound!

Status Bar

The Status Bar on the bottom the Main Window shows the current The Sleuthhound! status.

Ready - The program has been successfully completed creating Search Zone and ready for searches.

Progress Bar – The progress bar will show you of the progress of indexing or updating your search zone.

Tips:

Add The Sleuthhound! to Windows StartUp for automatic tracing of any changes in documents and folders from the active Search Zone.

See also:

Take a Tour

How to search for documents

How to set The Sleuthhound! on folders

How to write an effective search

Basics of Effective Searching

How The Sleuthhound! works

What is a Search Zone

Search Zone Manager

How to Search in Web

About iSleuthHound Technologies


Search Zone Manager

The Search Zone Manager adds functions to your Search Zones

Main buttons

New: Click to set The Sleuthhound! onto your folders and create new Search Zone.

Extend: Click to extend the existing Search Zone and include additional folders within the current Search Zone.

Stop: Click to stop creating/updating the current Search Zone.

Del: Click to delete current Search Zone.

Update: Click to update current Search Zone immediately.

Schedule: Click to set the Schedule to update your current Search Zone. The Sleuthhound! Pro may be scheduled to update Search Zones every day, every hour or by exact time.

Choose a Search Zone from the drop-down list to set the current Search Zone.

Status Bar

The Status Bar on the bottom the Main Window shows the current The Sleuthhound! status.

Ready - The program has been successfully completed creating Search Zone and ready for searches.

Progress Bar – The progress bar will show you of the progress of indexing or updating your search zone.

See also:

Take a Tour

What is the Search Zone

How The Sleuthhound! works

How to set The Sleuthhound! on folders

How to organize Search Zones


Results Browser

This page allows you to browse search results. Displaying a search report in the Web page format also allows you to use same principle as a Web Search Engine.

The little Scottie dog running on the top right of your Results Browser shows that The Sleuthhound!  is searching for the keywords in the text of the located documents.

Results Browser Menu

File

Close - Allows you to close Results Browser.

View

Toolbars - Allows you select with toolbars are shown on Results Browser window.

Go to  - Allows you jump to First, Last, Previous, Next results page.

Stop - Allows you stop execution of search query.

Options - Displays the options of Results Browser.

Favorites

Add to favorites - Allows you add current search query to Favorite Searches.

Show favorites - Shows Favorite Searches panel.

Help

Help - Show Help.

Home Page - Allows you to visit The Sleuthhound! Home Page.

About - Displays the About The Sleuthhound! window with version info.

Toolbar Allows you easy operae with Results Browser as following

Previous results Page.

Next results page.

Stop stop execution of search query.

Go to first results page.

Go to last results page.

Displays Advanved Search panel.

Displays Favorite Searches panel.

Search Bar Allows you to enter new search query and select Search Zone.

The report heading identifies the keywords of a search, the Search Zone, the number of documents found and the general statics for each words from query.

Search results are displayed as follows for each document:

The first line indicates the number assigned to the document according to the order in which it is displayed on screen, the heading of document, and the type of document as an icon. Click on the first line to open/view a document in its default application.

The second lines contains the basic information about the document: folder, file name, date of the last change to the document, size. Click on folder to go to the folder that keep the document.

For quick preview of the document text with highlighted keywords click on the Preview button.

The next line displays the text from the document that contains search keywords. Click on the Next or Prev buttons to examine the next occurrence of the keywords in the document.

Search keywords are highlighted in the text string in which it appears.

Right Click mouse on the Header of Document or Document path to get pop-up menu.

Open - Select to Open document for edit/view.

Open in New Window - Select to Open document in new Window.

Open with...  - Select to open document with another application.

Go to Document - Select to go to the folder of document with Windows Explorer.

Save as - Select to save or copy the document to any folder.

Delete - Select to delete the document.

Options - Select to display Options panel to customize the Results Browser view.

Right Click mouse on the extract from the document text to get pop-up menu:

Select All - Click to select all the extract for coping to Clipboard.

Copy - Click to copy selected text to the Clipboard.

Prev - Select to examine the next occurrence of the keywords in the document.

Next - Select to examine the previous occurrence of the keywords in the document.

Preview - Select to preview of the document text with highlighted keywords.

List - If you are in Preview mode select to return back to the list of documents.

To  view the next results page, click on the page number at the bottom of the active page.

Click on the Next or Prev to get next pages.

Select a method of sorting search results in list box at the bottom on the left

by Name: the name of document

by Folders: the name of folder, containing the document

by Date: the date of creating or last modifying

A-Z pressed: Sort the located documents list by descending values.

Z-A pressed: Sort the located documents list by ascending values.

See also:

How to select documents you need

How to edit or view located documents

How The Sleuthhound! works


Create or extend Search Zone

Prior to conducting searches The Sleuthhound! must review the specified folders on your hard disk (the Search Zone) and record the information about all the documents contained in  folders into its "index" files.

This wizard helps set The Sleuthhound! onto your folders for instant searching and creation of Search Zones.

This Page explains using the Wizard to:

1) Create a new Search Zone

2) Extend the existing Search Zone and include other folders

With the first run of this program after installation, The Sleuthhound! engages this wizard automatically. This is because The Sleuthhound! can only locate documents from a Search Zone. It cannot locate documents that are not first indexed as a collection of documents or texts.

Create New Search Zone Select to create a new Search Zone

Extend existing Search Zone Select to add folders to the existing Search Zone.

Enter the Search Zone name in the text-box if you are creating new Search Zone.

Select from the list box the name of an existing Search Zone if you are extending Search Zone

DO NOT  use special symbols:  "/", " " " (quotations), ":", "*", "\" in Search Zone names.

Tips:

It is recommended to give Search Zone names with meanings that will aid selecting an appropriate search zone, for example: My doc, New Project, Work-in Progress, Bits and Pieces, Drive C, etc, etc.

See also:

Take a Tour

The Sleuthhound! Professional Edition

How The Sleuthhound! works

What is the Search Zone

How to set The Sleuthhound! on folders

How to search for documents

How to organize Search Zones

Search Zone Manager


Select document types to include into Search Zone

This Page helps to you to select the document types that will be included in the Search Zone.

Check the document type if you wish to include the documents of this type in the Search Zone.

Example:

Check the Text document *.txt to include in Search Zone all text documents in any coding.

Check the MS Word document *.doc to include in Search Zone all MS Word documents in any version of MS Word.

Use The Sleuthhound! Professional Edition for more powerful searches

The Professional version is “The Sleuthhound!" Plus:

- Lightning-fast searches for more than ten standard document types

- New Plug-ins available allow extension of program functionality

- Works with Removable Drives such as Iomega Zip Drives, CD-Rom drives, USB Drives, and more

- Unlimited number of Search Zones

- Unlimited number of documents in the Search Zone

The Sleuthhound! Pro supports plug-ins to allow you to extend program functionality.

Plug-ins for access additional documents formats: RTF document, Adobe Acrobat PDF documents and more available for order/download.

The Sleuthhound! Pro can search for documents any document type if text coding is compatible with ASCII, ANSI, Unicode.

Documents supported with New Plug-ins*

Documents in ZIP archives *.zip

Adobe Acrobat (PDF) *.pdf

ASP documents *.asp

HTML documents *.shtml

PHP documents *.php, *.phtml

MS PowerPoint presentations and slides *.ppt, *.pps

MS Excel documents *.xls

Corel WordPerfect documents *.wpd

* Plugins are not bundled with Sleuthhound! Pro and must be purchased separately.

Visit The Sleuthhound! Home Page for more information

http://www.isleuthhound.com

Tips:

Purchase or Upgrade to The Sleuthhound! Professional Edition for a more powerful, faster and easy search for your documents on hard disks. Also enables searches of hypertext documents!

See also:

The Sleuthhound! Professional Edition

Take a Tour

How The Sleuthhound! works

What is Search Zone

How to organize Search Zones

About iSleuthHound Technologies


Select folders to add in Search Zone

This Page assists in selecting folders to include into Search Zone.

Check the folder and press the Spacebar or click the mouse on checkbox to add to the Search Zone.

Select folders containing different documents, C:\My documents, etc, etc. Include as wide a range of document folders that you think may be relevant.

Your folder you have selected  will be ticked blue. You will see a blue tick on every folder you select.

See also:

The Sleuthhound! Professional Edition

Take a Tour

How The Sleuthhound! works

What is Search Zone

How to organize Search Zones

About iSleuthHound Technologies


Search Zone statistics

This page shows basic information about creating Search Zones.

Preview of Search Zone This is displayed below the Search Zone name.

Document types in Search Zone Below are displayed the all document types in Search Zone

Statistics Provides information about the Search Zone

Document(s) Shows the number of documents in Search Zone

Full size Displays all documents in Search Zone in a full sized window.

Approx. Index size Displays required free space for creating index files for Search Zone.

Index files folder Displays full path to the folder in which The Sleuthhound! will keep index files for Search Zone. Clicking the folder icon you can save index files for Search Zone in any location you specify on your local hard drive or any place around your network. If your current drive does not have enough free space, use this option to save index files on the another drive of your PC or around network.

IMPORTANT! It is recommended to keep index files on a hard drive with the maximum virtual memory available for paging file. Insufficient swap file memory will prolong the process or even halt the process of search zone creation.

See also:

The Sleuthhound! Professional Edition

How The Sleuthhound! works

What is Search Zone

How to organize Search Zones

About iSleuthHound Technologies


What is a Search Zone

The Search Zone is the working area of The Sleuthhound!

The Search Zone is space on a hard disk consisting of folders where The Sleuthhound! searches for documents. Prior to the search The Sleuthhound! must review the folders on a hard disk (Search Zone) and memorize the information about all the documents from folders into its "memory" files.

The Sleuthhound! does not change your documents and folders. It views only!

To set The Sleuthhound! onto folders means to order The Sleuthhound! to review the folders and creates special files (sometimes called index files)  that describe documents and words in your Search Zones.

Adding folders to a Search Zone means that The Sleuthhound! will search for the documents in the additional folders too.

The Sleuthhound! is like a hunting dog or hound that marks its territory – in this case, the territory is called the Search Zone (The Sleuthhound's area). Since The Sleuthhound! is a virtual dog its territory is the folders and documents which you have specified in your the computer.

When The Sleuthhound! is being set on folders The Sleuthhound! reviews and sniffs around all documents from Search Zone. The Sleuthhound! memorizes the information about documents into its "memory" files. After that The Sleuthhound! can make an instant search in its memory and retrieve documents instantly.

The Sleuthhound! memorizes information about the viewed documents

The Sleuthhound! memorizes all words contained in documents during initial viewing. Since The Sleuthhound! uses an advanced and intellectual method of memorizing information the full size of "memory" files is considerably less than the document size in Search Zone.

The "memory" files are organized in the best way for fast information search. If you engage The Sleuthhound! to find some documents from a Search Zone The Sleuthhound! will apply its own "memory" files and return relevant files in one second.

The Sleuthhound! watches for changes in created Search Zones

The Sleuthhound! can automatically watch your folders and documents. To do this, add  The Sleuthhound! to your Startup folder and set the frequency for Updating Search Zones.

See also:

Management of Search Zone

How to set The Sleuthhound! on folders


Management of Search Zones

You can manage Search Zones with the Search Zone Manager. To open the Search Zone Manager, click on 'Search Zone Manager in the main program window.

Create new Search Zone

Click the New button to create a new Search Zone. Check document types, select folders and set The Sleuth-hound! onto folders to create a new Search Zone.

Extend existing Search Zone

Click the Extend button to extend an existing Search Zone. Check document types, select folders to add to existing Search Zone.

Stop creating/view Search Zone

Click the Stop button to stop creating or viewing the current Search Zone.

Delete Search Zone

Click the Del button to delete current Search Zone. Be careful when deleting Search Zones. The Sleuth-hound! searches the documents from specified Search Zones only

Update Search Zone

Click the Update button to update the information about documents from a current Search Zone, instantly. The Sleuth-hound! will view the current Search Zone and memorize all changes in documents and folders.

Set the Schedule for Updating Search Zones

Click the Schedule button to set the frequency of current Search Zone Updates. The Sleuth-hound! can update Search Zones every day, week or month, whichever you prefer and as often as you need. By default the Search Zone will update every week.

Tips:

Add My Documents folder to Search Zone.

Set the frequency of Updating Search Zones.

See also:

Search Zone Manager

What is a Search Zone


How The Sleuthhound! works

The Sleuthhound! is a fully-functional hard disk search engine that operates like Web Search Engines! The Sleuthhound's basic principles are similar to Web Search Engine methods (AltaVista, Lycos etc.) and are tested by millions of Web users every day.

The basic principle of operation is to view Search Zones before the search. Prior to the searching, The Sleuthhound! must review the folders on the hard disk (the Search Zone)  and memorize the information about all the documents from set folders into its "memory" files. Those folders are called Search Zones and are viewed by The Sleuthhound! according to the set frequency scheduled. You can set the schedule of Search Zone updates with Search Zone Manager / Schedule.

When you want to find documents The Sleuth-hound! inspects its own "memory" files and remembers the document containing the keywords you are searching for.

The Sleuthhound! does not  change your documents and files

For The Sleuthhound! it doesn't matter what the document name is, or which folder holds the document. You no longer have to put documents into a database or use an archival program for fast search and retrieval.  All you need for instant search is to set The Sleuthhound! onto folders.

The Search Zone

The Search Zone is the space on the hard disk consisting of folders where The Sleuthhound! searches for documents

To set The Sleuthhound! onto folders means to order The Sleuthhound! to review the folders and create special files that describe documents in Search Zone.

Adding folders into the Search Zone means that The Sleuthhound! will search for the documents in the added folders only in future.

How The Sleuthhound! finds the documents so quickly

Before searching, The Sleuthhound! will review the folders on the hard disk and memorize the information about all words from all documents and create a Search Zone. After that, if you want to search documents, simply type the keywords into The Sleuthhound! search box and click the command Find it!

The Sleuthhound! finds the keywords in its "memory" files and shows to you the documents that contain the keywords. Since The Sleuthhound! uses modern methods of building "memory" files and searching for the information The Sleuthhound! gives you instant search processes and instant results.

See also:

What is a Search Zone

How to Search for documents


iSleuthHound Technologies

iSleuthHound Technologies is a hi-tech company specializing in development of cutting edge indexing/searching technologies and super-fast Search Systems. This company designs complex Search Systems for Internet/Intranet access to Databases.

For personal use iSleuthHound Technologies offers easy-to-use, small and powerful "The Sleuthhound!" Search Systems Family: The Sleuthhound!, The Sleuthhound!fessional Edition and The Sleuthhound! Power Pack.

For corporate/enterprise users, iSleuthHound Technolgies offers the powerful "Intranet Sleuthhound" index/search servers family: Intranet Sleuthhound and custom solutions based on Intranet Sleuthhound.

Contact us

www: 	http://www.isleuthhound.com

email: 	 	info@isleuthhound.com

Support: 	support@isleuthhound.com

Sales: 	sales@isleuthhound.com

iSleuthHound Technologies
PMB #447
3 Monroe Pkwy, Suite P
Lake Oswego, OR 97035 USA
fax: +1 (561) 594-8293


How The Sleuthhound! can automatically watch folders

The Sleuthhound! can automatically watch your folders and documents. Put The Sleuthhound! into your  Startup folder for Windows. When you start Windows The Sleuthhound! loads itself in the system tray.

To put The Sleuthhound! on startup folder perform the following operation.

Right click the mouse in the  Main Window and  activate the pop-up menu.

Select Add to StartUp.

If you wish stop process of automatically watching folders, please perform the following operation.

Right click the mouse in the Main Sleuthhound Window and  activate the pop-up menu.

Select Remove From StartUp.


How to Search in Web
How to search on the Web

Search in Web with Search Service by iSleuthHound Technologies

You may search the Internet with The Sleuthhound!.

Right click the mouse in the Main Window and activate the pop-up menu. Select Web Search Service.

You are taken to the Search Service by iSleuthHound Technologies, which helps to choose the best Internet Search Engine for your query. The familiar interface of the Windows Browser makes navigation of Search Engine lists easy and simple. Looking for something - take the free Search Service right now!

Visit our free search service http://www.isleuthhound.com/service


How to Search

Introduction

The Sleuthhound! search engine helps you find your documents and files, on the Hard Drive of your PC. Here's how it works. You tell the search engine what you're looking for by typing in keywords, phrases, or questions in the search box. The search engine responds by giving you a list of all the documents on your PC relating to those topics. The most relevant content will appear at the top of your results.

How to Use Search

Type the keyword(s) of what you are looking for in the search box.

Use the Search Zone box below the search box to indicate where you want to search for the documents. The default is the last Search Zone.

Click the Go button to begin your search.

What is a Search Zone?

Prior to the search The Sleuthhound! must  review the folders on hard disk (Search Zone) and memorize the information about all the documents from folders into its "memory" files. A Search Zone is the space on your hard drive consisting of folders where The Sleuthhound! searches for documents.

The Sleuthhound! like a real hound marks its territory - Search Zone (The Sleuthhound's area). Since The Sleuthhound! is a virtual dog its territory is the folders and documents in the computer. The Sleuthhound! memorizes the information about documents into its "memory" files. After that The Sleuthhound! can make instant searches in its memory and retrieve documents instantly by keywords.

The Sleuthhound! Quick Start Search Guide

Search	Function
Sleuth	Finds documents that contain "Sleuth" or any capitalized variant (Sleuth, sleuth, SLEUTH, Sleuths).
Sleuth Hound	Finds only documents that contain both words "Sleuth" AND "Hound".
Sleuth*	Finds documents that contain any word starting with Sleuth. Use this feature if you are not sure how a word is spelled. Sleuthhound, Sleuths, etc. for example.
Sleuth AND Hound	Finds only documents that contain both words.
Sleuth OR Hound	Finds documents that contain either Sleuth or Hound or any capitalized variant.
Sleuth NOT Hound	Finds documents that contain the word "Sleuth" but do not contain the word "Hound".
(Sleuth AND Hound) NOT Web	Finds documents that contain the word "Sleuth" and word "Hound" but do not contain the word "Web".
Search by exact phrase

The Sleuthhound! allows you to find the documents by exact phrase that should be present in the documents. To specify the phrase to search for select it with quotes.

For instance, using the following search query: "iSleuthHound Technologies", should retrieve the documents which have exact phrase "iSleuthHound Technologies" in the text of document.

What are Boolean Expressions?

Boolean expressions are words like OR, AND, NOT, used to create relationships among the keywords in your search query. Parentheses ( ) can also be used in the Boolean query box to group expressions similar to the way you would group mathematical functions. Below is a list of expressions with their corresponding symbol (you may use either) and function.

Expression	Symbol	Action

AND	&	Finds documents containing all of the specified words or

phrases. Search AND system finds documents with both the

word search and the word system.

OR 	|	Finds documents containing at least one of the specified words

 	or phrases. Search OR system finds documents containing

either search or system. The found documents could contain

both items, but not necessarily

NOT	!	Excludes documents containing the specified word or phrase.

 	Search NOT system finds documents with search but not

 containing system.

()	Use parentheses to group complex Boolean phrases. For

example, (search AND system) AND (sleuth or hound) finds

documents with the words 'search system and sleuth' or

'search system and sleuth' or both.

Using New Search Techniques: Document Name, (FileName) Document Folder, Document Date

Document properties such as document name, folder (include document path) and document last modified date can be used for extended searching.

You may search by document name. Specify words that are contained in the document name with the keyword "Name:".

For instance, using the following search query: Name:notes, should retrieve the documents which have word "notes" in the name of document (Eg. "latest notes.doc").

You may search by document folder (include full document path). Specify words that are contained in the document path (exclude document name) with the keyword "Folder:".

For instance, using the following search query: Folder:documents, should retrieve the documents which have word "documents" in the full path of document (Ex. "c:\My documents\...") .

You may search by document date specifying the query with the date and key "Date:". You must type the date in the following format "Date:YYYY.MM.DD". You may use wildcards * for searching in the time period.

For instance, using the following search query: Date:2000.01* should retrieve the documents which were created in the January of 2000.

See also:

Main Window

Take a Tour

How to search for documents

How to set The Sleuthhound! on folders

How to write effective searches

Basics of Effective Searching

How The Sleuthhound! works

What is a Search Zone

Search Zone Manager

How to Search in Web

About iSleuthHound Technologies


Editing Ignore Dictionary

Important: For advanced users only.

During the process of creating Search Zones (indexing), documents from a Search Zone are indexed with nearly every word in the document checked. The Sleuthhound! uses several dictionaries that allows it to make Search Zones and add to the database in a fast, efficient and compact manner.

The “Dict” folder holds the file Wrdstop.wrd that users may wish to edit. This file contains English words with generalized or abstract meanings. It also contains many English common words that are not the subject of search engines and the like. The words listed in this file are not included in The Sleuthhound! database (index) files, so Wrdstop.wrd can be thought of as an exclusion or “Ignore” dictionary.

If you find that The Sleuthhound is skipping over specialized words or common nouns and pronouns that you frequently use in your texts and documents, then you can add them to the file.  Do this by opening  Wrdstop.wrd in a plain text editor (Notepad) for your configuration. iSleuthHound Technologies strongly reccomends creating backup copy of the original Wrdstop.wrd file before editing.


What's new in this version

The main new features in The Sleuthhound! Pro version 4.2 are:

- Fixed bug with "Getting Chunk Offset xxxxx" message during Update.

- Added Sorting Options "None".

- Added indicator that displays "Preview" operations during Search Zone Update

The main new features in The Sleuthhound! version 4.1 are:

- Fixed bug with "Bad Chunk Offset xxxxx" message during Update.

- Fixed bug with very long Search Zone update.

- New "Smart Update" function that stop update of Search Zone if user push "Go Search" button.

- New options "Language" allows easy change the language of User interface.

The main new features in The Sleuthhound! version 4.0 are:

- New Index/Search Engine.

- New User Interface in the Main Program.

- New User Interface in the Results Browser.

- New "Advanced Search" panel in Results Browser gives access to Power Searches.

- New "Favorite Searches" panel in Results Browser allows saving of popular searches.

- New "Search within results" option.

- New "Search by exact phrase" option.

- Search documents by Date/timestamp and date range.

- Search documents by FileName.

- Search documents by Foldername.

- New Update Search Zone Scheduler with additonal options

- Easy integration with MS Windows Task Scheduler.

- Improved "Preview document" function that permits previewing  10 documents on the Results Browser Page.


Working with Removable Drives

The Sleuthhound! can now create Search Zones for documents stored on the removable drives, such as  Iomega Zip drives. CD Rom drives may be included into search zones by default.

Search Zone which keep documents stored on the removable drives has one specific feature: if documents are not found, then the link to the documents is not removed from Search Zone index files.


Multi User Windows NT/2000 compatibility

With The Sleuthhound!, each user who has login to the PC, now has a personal collection of Search Zones. To do this, Install The Sleuthhound! on the Windows NT/2000 machine under Administrator (or sysadmin), then login under user name/password and enter the personal registration code to permit The Sleuthhound! to work exclusively for this user.

Please note: Each user who has access to The Sleuthhound! must have a licence  (personal registration code).


International Language support

The Sleuthhound! will now automatically supports Latin and Romance language additional characters like umlats and graves and accented characters. The search and display in the improved results browser has been specially crafted for users of European character sets, particularly accommodating those users with extended letters.  Accents, graves, cedilla, umlats and the like are now displayed.

The Sleuthhound! supports the Central European Language which is named the Latin-1 character-set.  There are some subtle differences, and The Sleuthhound can support major central Europe languages, that use Latin-1 coding: French, German, Italian, Greek, Danish, Finnish, Spanish, etc.

To set your charset please do the following:

Go to Options/Results Browser Panel.

Locate "Text Items appearance".

Select Item you would like to customize and push "Change" button.

In the dialog window select suitable charset and font.


Search Zone Error Messages

Some users have reported encountering "Bad Storage" or “Bad Chunk Offset" messages upon creation of Search Zones.

"Bad Storage" or “Bad Chunk Offset" occur when The Sleuthhound! examines a sector on the hard-disk which it cannot read the file, or the information contained in the file. Carefully view the front of the Search Zone box and you will see the file names displayed. Take a note of the file name that causes the "Bad Storage" or “Bad Chunk Offset" and remove it from the search zone. You are to then restart The Sleuthhound! and attempt to create the Search Zone again.

This error is caused by three issues generally:

-password protected files (this includes several types of files that have security protection internally), or

-files that cannot be viewed by the current components of The Sleuthhound! , [unknown files with attachments or pictures, generally, and occasionally files with a picture only]

or

-files with macros and macro viruses.

Observe the front box of the “Create Search Zone” and make note of the offending file. Remove the file and start again to create your Search Zone.


Options

Options panel allows you to customize The Sleuthhound! to suit your preferences.

General area

General settings

Run when Windows starts - Check if you want to run The Sleuthhound! with start Windows.

Start Minimized - Check if you want to haveThe Sleuthhound! available in the System

Tray after startup.

Open Search Zone Manager at start - Check if you want to keep the panel of Search Zone Manger opened.

Always on Top -  Check if you want to always have Sleuthhound! Pro showing on Top.

Text Items appearance - Allows you to change the font, color and language (character set) of all text Items in the Results Browser and in the Search Field.

To change the Item select it in the list box. The "Font Name" and "Size" fields are displayed the current settings of selected Item. To change  font, color or language (character set) of an Item click the "Change" button and select the settings you want. You can see the new Item appearance in the

Example window.

History

Select the number of last queries displayed in the History of Search Field.

Index Engine

You can view the path to the Index Database.

You can view the version of iSleuthHound Dataserver which provide the indexing of documents (can be updated or patched in the next version) .

Results Browser

Document List Appearance -  Allows you to change the view of listed documents displayed on the Results Browser page.

Documents per page - Allows you to change the number of documents shown in the Results

Browser. By default 10 Documents per page.

Number of links to pages - Allows you to set how many links to Results Browser pages displayed at the bottom of the Results Window. By default - 5 links.

Lines per extract - Allows you to set how many lines to be extracted for each document listed in the Results Browser. By default - 5 lines.

Text Items appearance - Allows you to change the font, color and language ( character set) of all text Items in the Results Browser and in the Search Field.

To change the Item select it in the list box. The "Font Name" and "Size" fields displayed the current settings of selected Item. To change font, color or language (character set) of an Item click the  "Change" button and select the settings you want. You can see the new Item appearance in the

Example window.

Plug-ins

Displays all plug-ins installed and working with The Sleuthhound! at the present time. Allows you to plug new plug in filters or unplug existing filters.

See also:

Main Window

Results Browser


System Requirements

System Requirements:

Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP

Pentium or higher processor

Minimum of 32MB of memory (RAM)

Minimum of 3MB of available disk space


Search Zone Update Scheduler

Search Zone Update Scheduler allows you to set the frequency of Search Zone Update.

For update Search Zone on the period basis check "Simple Mode" and select the number of hours (days) you wish to update selected Search Zone.

For update Search Zone at exact time basis check "Advanced Mode" and select the day (time) you wish to update Search Zone.

If you wich NOT update Search Zone uncheck "Update Search Zone"


Advanced Search

Advanced Search panel allows you easily create a detailed search query with the multiple search criteria available. When you click on the Advanced Search button in the Results Browser toolbar then the Advanced Search panel will appear at the left. The last search query is recorded in the panel and allows you to customize search queries in an easy manner.

Search for - Type your keywords here.

Where - Select Search Zone to search.

Search within results - Check this box if you wish search for new keywords within the results of last query that are present in the current Results Browser.

Advanced Search Criteria group provides detailed search criteria.

Document Date - Check and specify time period if you wish include only those documents that have Date of last change in the specified date period.

File Name - Check and type keyword(s) if you wish include only those documents which keep a File Name the same as the entered keyword(s).

Document Folder - Check and type keyword(s) if you wish include only documents that are placed in folder you specified.

Check Search for ALL criteria if you wish to obtain documents with all entered criteria in the same place. In other words each document in results should be comply with ALL criteria.

Check Search for ANY criteria if you wish to obtain documents with any of the entered criteria. In other words each document should be comply with at least any ONE criteria.


Favorite Searches

Favorite Searches panel allows you to save your most frequently used searches, your popular searches or your most carefully completed complicated search queries for easy recall and instant search.

Push Add current search button to add current query to Favorite Searches. Also you may use Favorites/Add to favorites Menu.

Push Create new Folder button to create new folder in the Favorite Searches panel.

Push Favorites Menu button to pop-up contents menu to run a saved query. Also you can use the right mouse button to obtain the contents menu.

Run Search - Allows you get Search Results in according of this search query.

Query to Search Bar - Allows you put search query into the Search bar for editing.

Add current Search Query - Allows you to save current query into Favorites Search Panel.

Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete - Allows you to operate with saved queries.

New Search - Allows you create new favorite search query and enter information about new query

New Folder - Allows you to create new folder in the Favorite Searches panel.

Properties - Allows you to get information about saved query.

Double Click mouse on saved search query to run in and get search results.


How to integrate The Sleuthhound! with Windows Task Scheduler

The Sleuthhound! can be easily integrated with the Windows Task Scheduler. If you wish to run The Sleuthhound! at an exact scheduled time using Windows Task Scheduler, create a new Task and select The Sleuthhound! Specify the time you wish the Windows Task Scheduler run The Sleuthhound. If The Sleuthhound! is working, so the own The Sleuthhound's Search Zone Scheduler to commence update and The Sleuthhound! will then update the Search Zones accordingly.


More products and solutions from iSleuthHound Technologies
More products and solutions from iSleuthHound

For corporate users iSleuthHound Technologies offers

Intranet Sleuthhound

This powerful application allows you to generate and maintain an Intranet search engine. Indeed, its functionality makes the program suitable for networks of any size. Intranet SleuthHound specifically works to index hundreds (and even thousands) of document files on a network. It seeks to eliminate the task of having to search across scattered directories to find what you're looking for. After a set-up process, the program will find and index DOC-, TXT-, HTM-, HTML- and RTF-formatted files. It can be extended to locate files of any other format, including PDF and POWERPOINT. Intranet SleuthHound covers documents stored on local PCs, central servers and shared network resources.

Intranet SleuthHound then allows people on the network to search for documents using an ordinary Web browser. Simply type in a keyword, and the program quickly displays all relevant results. Each result includes a portion of the document that contains your keyword, and you can simply click the hyperlink to launch the file. Intranet SleuthHound utilizes its own Web server, and its HTML template may be customized to reflect your company or network.

The program actually enables you to generate multiple search engines. You can establish separate "Search Zones" that cover certain file formats as well as specific drives. From the HTML search page, the user simply selects the search zone to find related content. Each Search Zone may be updated on-demand or at a user defined interval via the program's built-in scheduling function.

More information at:

http://www.isleuthhound.com/intrasleuth

iSleuthHound Technologies offers you simple, effective, custom solutions:

Your own Search Engine working on the central server

Search your central server for many different document types. It works as your own search engine for all your shared documents stored on your network/intranet server. Any user on your intranet will able to connect to the Intranet Sleuthhound and have complete, fast access to all documents stored on the server PC using an internet browser.

Add Searching facility to your network

Search all of your shared resources in the Intranet Network. Install Intranet Sleuthhound on the one PC. Create several Search Zones and include all your shared resources. It is recommended to name new shared search zones with the corresponding shared resource name.

Search documents on each user PC

If you have a LAN "peer to peer" network you can setup Intranet Sleuthhound on each PC in your network. Anybody in your intranet network can search the documents on each user's PC using Intranet Sleuthhound and an Internet Browser. In this case you must install Intranet Sleuthhound on each user PC. Create one or several Search Zones on each PC and include users documents. This feature is most important for a small office with LAN network without a central server.

Build your own Documents Portal

If you want build a Document portal or Document catalogue with network access, then Intranet Sleuthhound can be a really effective way to add search functionality to your solution. Completely flexible, Intranet Sleuthhound can be integrated into any web server. iSleuthHound Technologies can customize Intranet Sleuthhound templates for your own design.

Search Solutions for Corporate Intranet Portal

Intranet Sleuthhound is a very flexible application and can provide the documents search functionality to your corporate Intranet Portal.

Contact us to discuss any custom solution are you interested in creating.

Ask us for the solution at

info@isleuthhound.com

Read more at

http://www.isleuthhound.com/intrasleuth/solutions.shtml


Process of creating Index Files

This page is displaying the process of creating Search Zone.

Push Create button to start the process of creating a Search Zone. You will see the name of current document being indexed as the progress bar advances.

Hide this screen during process - Click if you do not wish to see this page.

Tips:

If you have a lot of documents (especially thousands as some users do have) in your Search Zone the indexing process may take a long time. We have found that many users hide the Search Zone Wizard, minimize Intranet Sleuthhound and go on with other work. Occasional viewing of the progress bar will show how far the indexing has progressed.

See also:

The Sleuthhound! Professional Edition

How The Sleuthhound! works

What is Search Zone

How to organize Search Zones

About iSleuthHound Technologies


Word Endings Dictionary

Important: For advanced users only.

During the process of creating Search Zones (indexing), documents from a Search Zone are indexed with nearly every word in the document checked. The Sleuthhound! uses several dictionaries that allows it to make Search Zones and add to the database in a fast, efficient and compact manner.

The “Dict” folder holds the file Wrdend.wrd that users may wish to edit. This file contains popular endings of English words. The ending listed in this file using by The Sleuthhound! for expanded search with morphology (words like one another, with a common root).

If you find that The Sleuthhound! returns results that keep a lot on unneccesary morphological  forms (similar) of original keywords, then you can clear or edit the file.  Do this by opening  Wrdstop.wrd in a plain text editor (Notepad) for your configuration.

iSleuthHound Technologies strongly reccomends creating backup copy of the original Wrdend.wrd file before editing.

If you are a user of a language other than English, you may also edit this file to reflect common word endings in your own language.


How to Register

Register The Sleuthhound!

To purchase the license to use The Sleuthhound! please visit the iSleuthHound Home Page make your registration of purchase by filling out the details. Immediately after Ordering you will receive an email with your personal registration code.

Visit http://www.isleuthhound.com

Email order@isleuthhound.com

Registered version features

Search for MS DOS and MS Windows text documents *.txt

Search for MS Word documents (all versions) *.doc

Search for HTML documents *.html, *.htm

Support 65000 documents in one Search Zone

Support unlimited number of Search Zones

Search for three document types in your Search Zones only: plain text, MS Word documents and HTML documents .

Upgrade to The Sleuthhound! Pro

The Sleuthhound! Pro supports the search of the most popular document types.

Standard Package:

MS DOS text document *.txt

MS Windows text document *.txt

MS Word 6.0 document *.doc

+ earlier version MS Word document *.doc

MS Word 95 document *.doc

MS Word 97 document *.doc

MS Word 2000 document *.doc

MS Word 2000 templates *.dot

RTF documents *.rtf

HTML documents *.htm, *.html

Any document type if document coding is compatible with ASCII, ANSI, Unicode. For Example *.c, *.cpp, *.bas, etc.

Documents supported with New Plug-ins*

Documents in ZIP archives *.zip

Adobe Acrobat (PDF) *.pdf

ASP documents *.asp

HTML documents *.shtml

PHP documents *.php, *.phtml

MS PowerPoint presentations and slides *.ppt, *.pps

MS Excel documents *.xls

Corel WordPerfect documents *.wpd

* Plugins are not bundled with Sleuthhound! Pro and must be purchased separately.

The Sleuthhound Pro Power Pack

The Sleuthhound! Pro Power Pack provides the FULL power of The Sleuthhound! Pro in one package with ALL currently available Plug-Ins.

Visit http://www.isleuthhound.com/sleuthhoundpro for more information

See also:

The Sleuthhound!  Professional Edition

About iSleuthHound Technologies


How to enter the Registration Code

Save the email message from iSleuthHound Technologies or Payment Agent with your registration code. The Registration key was generated using your NAME and your EMAIL address as entered in the Order Form when you purchased The Sleuthhound!.

To register The Sleuthhound! please take the steps:

1    Install The Sleuthhound!

2    Run The Sleuthhound!

3    Click on "About" button in the main window

4    Click on the "Register" button

5    Enter your name, email address and registration code in the spaces provided.

Be sure to enter the Name, E-Mail, and registration code exactly as it appears in the message from iSleuthHound Technologies or the Payment Agent.  For best results use "Copy" and "Paste" to enter this registration information.

Click the OK button.

If your registration is successful, your registration information will appear on the About screen. If your registration failed, you will get a message to that effect.

Congratulations! You are now a registered user of The Sleuthhound!. You can now run The Sleuthhound!, create new Search Zones and enjoy the benefits of instant document search.

Special Note for Windows NT4, Windows 2000, Windows XP users.

You must have administrator rights to install The Sleuthhound! Pro.  To Install The Sleuthhound! Pro, logon with administrator login. After installing, login under user name and enter your personal registration code.

If you have any problems with Registration Procedure please contact iSleuthHound Technologies

support@isleuthhound.com


About The Sleuthhound! Professional

The Professional version is “The Sleuthhound!" Plus:

- Lightning-fast searches for more than ten standard document types

- New Plug-ins available allow extension of program functionality

- Works with Removable Drives such as Iomega Zip Drives, CD-Rom drives, USB Drives, and more

- Unlimited number of Search Zones

- Unlimited number of documents in the Search Zone

The Sleuthhound! Pro supports plug-ins to allow you to extend program functionality.

Plug-ins for access of additional document formats: RTF document, Adobe® Acrobat Document (PDF) and Corel© WordPerfect  documents. Soon, more plug-ins will be available for order/download.

Instant searches for more than ten document types

Searching caters for more than ten different document types

The Sleuthhound! Pro supports searching of the most popular document types.

MS DOS text documents *.txt

MS Windows text documents *.txt

MS Word 6.0 documents *.doc

+ earlier versions of MS Word documents *.doc

MS Word 95 documents *.doc

MS Word 97 documents *.doc

MS Word 2000 documents *.doc

RTF document *.rtf

HTML documents *.htm, *.html,

RTF document *.rtf

Any document type if document coding is compatible with ASCII, ANSI, Unicode. For Example *.ñ, *.cpp, *.bas, etc.

Documents supported with New Plug-ins*

Documents in ZIP archives *.zip

Adobe Acrobat (PDF) *.pdf

ASP documents *.asp

HTML documents *.shtml

PHP documents *.php, *.phtml

MS PowerPoint presentations and slides *.ppt, *.pps

MS Excel documents *.xls

Corel WordPerfect documents *.wpd

* Plugins are not bundled with Sleuthhound! Pro and must be purchased separately.

For more information about support of document types visit home page of The Sleuthhound! Pro click on iSleuthHound Technologies in the Main Window or visit

http://www.isleuthhound.com/sleuthhoundpro

Unlimited number of Search Zones

The Sleuthhound! Pro supports any number of Search Zones. The number of Search Zones is limited by the free space on you hard drives.

How to get The Sleuthhound Pro

Visit the home page of The Sleuthhound! , iSleuthHound Technologies and order The Sleuthhound! Pro. Click on iSleuthHound Technologies on Main Window.


The Sleuthhound! Pro and Plug-Ins

The Sleuthhound! Pro supports plug-ins which allow an extension of program access to additional file types. The Plug-ins are modules which gives The Sleuthhound! Pro extended document search capacity by providing access to new document formats. All users of The Sleuthhound Pro automatically receive plug-ins for Rich Text Format documents and the User Defined document type.

Currently plug-ins are available for Adobe® Acrobat PDF files, Corel© WordPerfect files, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Zipped documents and Extended HTML files for additional web document search.

iSleuthHound Technologies will be creating new and additional plug-ins continuously. It is recommended to subscribe to iSleuthHound Technologies newsletter to receive information about new plug-ins.

The Plug-Ins can be ordered from iSleuthHound Technologies web site at

http://www.isleuthhound.com/sleuthhoundpro/plugins.php


How to order The Sleuthhound! Pro

Visit the home page of The Sleuthhound! Pro at iSleuthHound Technologies web site and order The Sleuthhound! Pro.

http://www.isleuthhound.com/sleuthhoundpro

Also you may just click on iSleuthHound Technologies on Main Window.