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dtSearch Web, the easy out-of-the-box Web search solution
   
Just a few clicks lets you add a dozen instant search options to your site.
Display HTML and PDF documents with highlighted hits, with all links and images intact and functional.
Built-in file converters to convert word processor, database, spreadsheet, ZIP, Unicode and more to HTML for display with highlighted hits.
Multiple hit and file navigation options.
Licensed for unlimited concurrent use, with *no limit on number of documents*.

How dtSearch Works on the Web
dtSearch Web uses an index that it builds to search instantly through Terabytes of text. Just select the folders that you want to index dtSearch automatically recognizes and supports all popular file formats, and never alters original files.

Requirements
dtSearch Web requires IIS 4 or later (included with Windows NT/2000/XP Pro/2003) to install.

Indexing
Just select "Add folder..." as shown below, and dtSearch will do the rest. Once dtSearch has built an index, it can automatically update it using the Windows Task Scheduler to reflect additions, deletions and modifications to your document collection.
There is no limit on the number of folders (or individual files) that dtSearch Web can index. You can have dtSearch Web index all of your drives and folders in one index, or you can create separate indexes for groups of related documents. Indexes can overlap -- i.e. the same documents can be placed in separate indexes.

update index dialog-box

Web Setup
With a few mouse clicks, dtSearch Web Form Builder lets you designate multiple indexes to search on your site, and automatically generates a search form.

dtSearch Web Search Form Builder

The form builder provides numerous ways to customise the contents of search results, the document display, and the search form itself. (You can also use an HTML editor such as Macromedia's Dreamweaver to edit the resulting search form.)

Searching
The form builder will automatically install the search form on your Internet or Intranet Web site, so visitors can instantly carry out a search.

dtSearch Web for your Intranet

Search Options
dtSearch Web supports the following search options:

  • single word, phrase and boolean (and, or, not)
  • All the words, Any of the Words, Exact Match. Built-in relevancy-ranking by "hit" density and rarity (so that words which appear more rarely in your documents will receive a higher relevancy ranking)
  • fuzzy searching, adjustable from 1 to 10, to sift through typographical or spelling errors
  • stemming, to automatically find different word variations (like find, finds, finding)
  • phonic searching, to find words that sound alike (like Smith and Smythe)
  • thesaurus searching, to find related concepts and synonyms, using dtSearch Web's built-in thesaurus and/or user-defined concepts or synonyms

    While dtSearch Web supports all of these search options, Webmasters can easily customise published Web pages to include or exclude any of these options.

Display
After a search, dtSearch Web will display retrieved files with hit highlighting, and all links and images intact. The result looks just like the original HTML or PDF page, but with highlighted hits. HTML links remain fully functional in the document. Buttons like "next hit", "previous document", "next document", etc., let you quickly navigate through your hits and documents.

dtSearch Web - PDF Search Results
PDF file retrieved by dtSearch Web.

For XML, you can perform indexed searches using the full range of dtSearch features across an entire XML database, or limited to a highly specific combination of fields or sub-fields.

dtSerach Web - XML Search Results
dtSearch Web nested-field search of Shakespeare XML database.

For other file types, dtSearch uses built-in file converters to convert non-Web-ready formats such as wordprocessor, database, spreadsheet, ZIP, etc., to HTML for display with highlighted hits.

Technical Note
The dtSearch Engine includes sample source code to dtSearch Web in both ASP and ISAPI versions, as well as an extensive programmable API supporting multiple programming languages. See the dtSearch ASP online demo and accompanying VBScript source code.

Evaluations, Pricing & Orders
To try a fully-functional copy of dtSearch Web please complete the Enquiry Form

Price list and order form can be found at our Ordering page

For secure on-line ordering, including language extension pack bundles visit our online store.

Online demo of dtSearch Web, including HTML, PDF and XML searching - click here.

Updates & Support
Technical support and product updates are free for one year with all purchases of dtSearch Web
Technical support is to a single point of contact, please Register your purchase
   

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