File Indexing Wizard - File Rule Options

Enter the options for this indexing file.

Select the scope of this rule

The rule scope indicates how Perceptive Search should process the selected file or folder when encountered, it can be one of the following:

• Include documents in <directory>

  This will include documents in the selected directory, but not in any sub-directories.

• Include documents in & under <directory>

This will include documents in the directory and any sub-directories underneath it. This is the default option.

• Include documents under, but not in <directory>

This will index documents in the sub-directories of the selected directory, but not any documents that are in the directory itself.

• Exclude documents in <directory>

This will bypass documents in the selected directory. Documents in sub-directories may be included in the index if there are other rules that apply to them.

• Exclude documents in & under <directory>

This will bypass any documents in the selected directory or any of its sub-directories.

• Exclude documents under, but not in <directory>

This will bypass any Documents in any sub-directories of the selected directory. Documents in this directory may be included in the index if there are other rules that apply to them.

If you create a rule for dBASE/FoxPro files, Perceptive Search will show you the dBASE/FoxPro window, which contains some additional options for these files.

The <directory> option may refer to file extension or file names dependant on whether you selected a file or a folder in the Document to Index page of the wizard.

Select the file type to use for this rule

By default, Perceptive Search will automatically determine the file types in the folder you are indexing, based upon those that have been specified previously. You can tell Perceptive Search to index only one file type for the current rule by selecting it from the list.

If a file type that you wish to index does not appear on the drop-down list, you can add it by using the File Types window.

Formatting

The document option controls how Perceptive Search processes files that match this file rule, it can be one of the following:

• Plain

Selecting this option from the drop-down list will use the default document options for the indexing rule.

• Contains Ventura desk-top publishing paste-up markers

If you use the Ventura Publisher desktop publishing package and the documents covered by this rule may contain Ventura paste-up markers, select this option from the drop-down list. Perceptive Search will then correctly interpret the special markers that Ventura inserts into documents, wherever they may occur

• Every line has hard return. Two hard returns indicate paragraph ends

  Use this option if your documents are in a word-processor format in which every line ends with a hard return and every paragraph ends with two consecutive hard returns.

• Entire document is double-spaced. Three hard returns indicate paragraph ends

  Use this option if your documents are in a word-processor format, are completely double-spaced and every paragraph ends with three consecutive hard returns.

  The preceding two options only apply to documents in a word processor format where there is a concept of a hard-return. ASCII, by comparison, doesn't have the concept of paragraphs, and so it is normal for every line to end with a hard return.

• Document contains lines formatted wider than 78 characters

By default, the Perceptive Search browser automatically wraps wide documents to a right margin of 76 characters for maximum browsing performance. Select this option if you need to browse highly formatted, wide ASCII material, such as 132-column mainframe report files. You can also compensate for wide documents by using the Quality presentation option, or by amending the ISYS.CFG file.

• Documents should be interpreted as OEM (DOS ASCII) character set

In most situations with English-style languages, there is no real difference between ASCII files (as usually generated by DOS programs), and ANSI files (as usually generated by Windows programs). By default, Perceptive Search assumes ASCII files have been created using the ASCII character set. If you have ASCII files that are actually coded in ANSI, and if this distinction matters in your language, use the "ANSI" option when creating your indexing rules.

Presentation

The presentation quality controls the document renderer Perceptive Search will use when it encounters a file that matches this file rule, it can be one of the following:

• Use index presentation setting

  This is the default option, indexing presentation is controlled by the Default File Options, set in the Index Options dialog.

• Standard - Document text and properties only, maximum speed

Select this option to achieve the fastest indexing and browsing speeds possible within your environment. When browsing a document Perceptive Search will make use of its own internal viewers that will allow for multiple hit colors.

• HiDef - Original document layout and formatting, maximum quality

Select this option if you want Perceptive Search to attempt to render your legacy documents, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, etc, as HTML. This representation whilst rich will not be same as the original document.

Click Finish to create the file rule, or click Advanced for more options.