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Web Application Technologies

Perceptive Enterprise Search allows you to create websites that make your data accessible via search. The standard Perceptive Enterprise Search websites provided are a great way to start searching your data. However there are times when you wish to make changes, customize or create a brand new website that meets your our criteria.

Perceptive Enterprise Search is designed to be scriptable and extensible in a variety of different programming languages. The main architecture is designed to be similar to the ASP environment.

The following is a list of compatible web technologies that can be used to extend Perceptive Enterprise Search.

Perceptive Enterprise Search Symbols Perceptive Enterprise Search substitution symbols simply replace the marker with it's given property.
ASP Style Perceptive Enterprise Search is scriptable in any programming language that supports the Windows Scripting Host. The default language is VBScript but other options such as JScript or PerlScript exist.
PHP Perceptive Enterprise Search allows for post-processing of documents by PHP. This is legacy support; it is recommend you use the ASP approach.
ISAPI ISAPI extensions and filters are modules written in languages such as C, C++ or Delphi.
CGI CGI extensions are modules written in languages such as C, C++, Delphi or Visual Basic.