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Foxit® PDF IFilter

Foxit PDF IFilter

Installation Instructions

Foxit PDF IFilter comes in a 32-bit and 64-bit Windows® version. Select the version that matches your system requirements.

Sample Installation - Microsoft® Office® SharePoint Server®

To install Foxit PDF IFilter with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, please follow these simple steps:

Please note that Microsoft Office SharePoint Server has been installed successfully.

  • Download Foxit PDF IFilter from Foxit Corporation Website onto the machine where you wish to install it.
  • Stop the IIS Admin service: Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrator Tools > Services > IIS Admin Service > Stop. Close window.
  • Run the Foxit PDF IFilter Setup program to install the IFilter on the server.
  • Download PDF icon from http://www.foxitsoftware.com/images/icons/pdficon.gif.
  • Copy the downloaded .GIF file to "Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\Template\Images".
  • Edit the file "Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web server extensions\14\Template\Xml\DOCICON.XML"
    1. Right-click DOCICON.XML file > click Open With > select Notepad.
    2. Add an entry for the .pdf extension. For example, where ICPDF is the name of the .gif file:
      <Mapping Key="pdf" Value="pdficon.gif"/>
    3. On the File menu, click Save, and then quit Notepad.
  • Perform an iisreset:
    1. Click Start > Run > type "cmd" in the Open line > click OK > type "iisreset" at the command prompt > hit Enter.
    2. Close the window.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server can now index PDF files.

Note:

For the installation instructions with other search engines, please refer to their respective user manuals (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/usermanuals/) for details.

Additional Notes:

Foxit PDF IFilter does not have a user interface. Since Foxit PDF IFilter acts as a plug-in for various search engines, it is the search engine that is responsible for interpreting the returned text and then presenting the information to the user.

The installation package will unzip a language file called fpdfcjk.bin into the installation folder. This file will help you index PDF documents containing Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters.