SpyCD description
A full text search engine for HTML, PDF, DOC, XLS, PPT and TXT CDs

FindinSite-CD is a Full Text Search engine Java applet for CDs/DVDs with MS-Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, HTML files and JPEG/TIFF images.

The FindinSite-CD-Wizard Windows set up tool builds a search database from
an existing web site and then lets you edit it. FindinSite-CD-Wizard will build a search web page and show it in your default browser.

The Findex Java application indexes HTML/PDF/DOC/PPT/RDF/TXT/JPEG files
and stores meta-data information for field searches.

Here are some key features of "findinsite-cd":

Search engine - A full-text search engine for your CD or DVD:
· Enter text into a search box
· findinsite-cd displays a results list
· Click to show a result, with word highlighting in web pages

File types
· HTML web pages - 32 character sets supported
· Adobe PDF
· Word DOC/RTF
· Excel XLS
· PowerPoint PPT/PPS presentation
· TXT plain text
· JPEG/TIFF image meta-data

Technology
· Platform-independent Java applet for browsers - Get a Java VM
· Check compatibility and XP SP2 pages

Highlighting
· Highlights found search words in displayed web pages
· Jumps straight to first occurrence on web page

Indexing
· Use findinsite-cd-wizard Windows tool to:
· Index your CD contents to build a search database
· Build a search page and copy in the runtime
· Edit the search database
· Alternative findex Java application indexer available: this also indexes RDF/XML meta-data

Languages
· findinsite-cd detects the user's preferred language and presents results using that language
· Currently, fifteen Western, Arabic and Asian languages are supported
· More languages can be supported

Search features
· Logical searches AND OR NOT ( )
· Full wild card support
· Word stemming and synonyms using rules
· Multiple indexes and subsets supported
· Meta-data field searches

Screen options
· Either use an applet window on the page
· Or use HTML forms and JavaScript page updating pages
· Shows hits in same window, new window or within framesets
· Configurable fonts, colours, layout and ordering
· Adjustable results listings
· Programmable using JavaScript

Use online - findinsite-cd will run on Intranet sites and online but may be slow
· Use alternative findinsite-ms for ASP.NET based sites
· Or findinsite-js for Java server sites


Requirements:

· Runtime runs in most Java enabled browsers.


Limitations:

· The demo version lets you use FindinSite-CD on unlimited CDs but only displays 60 files.