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Sharepoint 2007 PDF Icon installer

Posted on January 31st, 2009 by Coen Verbree in Sharepoint 2007, tags: ,

When you upload a Adobe PDF document to a WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007 site, you will notice the document icon is white . If you would like to have a PDF icon  instead of the default white one you can upload a icon gif file to the directory  “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\Template\Images”. After that you need make a mapping in the DOCICON.XML file.

To automate the installation you can download a script from the codeplex site.
Sharepoint PDF icon installeren on codeplex site

To install the script:

  • Unpack the archive to a directoy
  • Run the deploy.bat file

To uninstall the script:

  • Run the retract.bat file

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Sharepoint WSS 3.0 / MOSS 2007 PDF Indexing

Posted on January 31st, 2009 by Coen Verbree in Sharepoint 2007, tags: ,

By default a WSS3.0 or MOSS2007 search server will only index PDF metadata. By installing a PDF iFilter the index server will also be able to index the content of PDF files. This post will descripe how to install and configure a PDF iFilter.

First of all you need to download a iFilter. There are various iFilter available, the most common are:

Adobe PDF IFilter 6.0

  • free (no license needed)
  • 32 bit and 64 bit (64 bit released recently, applies to the [Indexing Server])

Foxit PDF IFilter v1.0

  • free for desktops, servers require a license
  • 32 bit and 64 bit

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 [Indexing Server]

  1. Install the PDF IFilter
  2. Add the .pdf file type to the index list:
    1. Open the Registry Editor (Start > Run > regedit)
    2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\Search\Applications\<GUID>\Gather\Search\Extensions\ExtensionList
    3. Add a new String Value
      1. Value name: <next value in line>
      2. Value data: pdf
  3. [This step only applies to 64 bit servers]
    1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\.pdf
    2. Change the (Default) key value
      1. Old value: {4C904448-74A9-11D0-AF6E-00C04FD8DC02}
      2. (Foxit  x64 PDF IFilter) New value: {987F8D1A-26E6-4554-B007-6B20E2680632}
      3. (Adobe  x64 PDF IFilter) New value: {E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603}
  4. Perform an iisreset
  5. Perform a Full Update on the Search content indexes
    1. Open a Command Prompt on the Indexing Server
    2. net stop spsearch
    3. net start spsearch
    4. cd “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web server extensions\12\BIN”
    5. stsadm.exe –o spsearch -action fullcrawlstop
    6. stsadm.exe –o spsearch -action fullcrawlstart

 

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 [Indexing Server]

  1. Install the PDF IFilter
  2. Add the .pdf file type to the index list:
    1. Go to Central Administration, then to the Shared Services Administration Web of the current SSP, go to Search Settings and next to File Type
    2. Add a new file type pdf
  3. [This step only applies to 64 bit servers]
    1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\.pdf
    2. Change the (Default) key value
      1. Old value: {4C904448-74A9-11D0-AF6E-00C04FD8DC02}
      2. (Foxit  x64 PDF IFilter) New value: {987F8D1A-26E6-4554-B007-6B20E2680632}
      3. (Adobe  x64 PDF IFilter) New value: {E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603}
  4. Perform an iisreset
  5. Perform a Full Update on the Search content indexes
    1. Open a Command Prompt on the Indexing Server
    2. net stop osearch
    3. net start osearch
    4. Go to Central Administration, then to the Shared Services Administration Web of the current SSP, go to Search Settings and start a full crawl of all locations containing PDF files

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