IFilterShop CHM IFilter Server Edition Release 1.3 README

CHM IFilter is a plug-in that allows Microsoft Search products and services to index Compiled HTML Help (CHM) files, enabling customers to search and organize their content.

CHM IFilter supports Indexing Service, SharePoint Portal Server, SQL Server Full-Text Search, Window Search Service and all other products based on Microsoft Search technology.

CHM IFilter supports the following Microsoft server operating systems:

• Windows 2000 Server
• Windows Server 2003 (x86 and x64)
• Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64)

CHM IFilter supports the following Microsoft desktop operating systems:

• Windows 2000 Professional
• Windows XP (x86 and x64)
• Windows Home Server
• Windows Vista (x86 and x64)
• Windows 7 (x86 and x64)

CHM IFilter supports the following Microsoft Search products

• Indexing Service
• SharePoint Portal Server 2001
• SharePoint Portal Server 2003
• Office SharePoint Server 2007 and WSS 3.0
• SharePoint Server 2010
• SharePoint Foundation 2010
• Exchange Server 2000
• Exchange Server 2003
• Exchange Server 2007
• SQL Server 2000
• SQL Server 2005
• SQL Server 2008
• Search Server 2008
• Search Server 2008 Express
• Windows Desktop Search (Windows Search)

Setup file is a self-extracting archive that must be downloaded and opened on the machine where you wish to use CHM IFilter.

1. Stop all appropriate Search services.
2. Uninstall any previous version of CHM IFilter.
3. Start setup file and follow the on-screen instructions.
4. Start all appropriate Search services.
5. Re-index catalogs containing CHM files.

Some Microsoft Search products require additional setup steps as described below:

SharePoint Portal Server 2001:

1. Open the web folder for the workspace you are using
2. Open the Management folder
3. Open the Content Sources folder
4. Click on "Additional Settings"
5. Click on "File Types..."
6. Make sure that ".chm" file type is included

SharePoint Portal Server 2003:

1. Open "Site Settings" web page
2. In the "Search Settings and Indexed Content" section click on "Configure search and indexing"
3. Click on "Include file types"
4. Make sure that ".chm" file type is included

Office SharePoint Server 2007:

1. Open Shared Services Provider Admin Site
2. In the "Search" section click on "Search settings"
3. Click on "File type inclusions"
4. Make sure that ".chm" file type is included

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0:

1. Open registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\Search\Applications\<WSS Server Name>\Gather\Search\Extensions\ExtensionList"
2. Add ".chm" extension to the list of indexable file types
3. Restart Windows SharePoint Services Search

SharePoint Server 2010:

1. In SharePoint Central Administration go to "General Application Settings" page
2. In the "Search" section click on "Farm-Wide Search Administration"
3. Click on " Search Service Application" link
4. On the left side menu select "File Types"
5. Make sure that ".chm" file type is included

SharePoint Foundation 2010:

1. Open registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\14.0\Search\Applications\<WSS GUID>\Gather\Search\Extensions\ExtensionList"
2. Add ".chm" extension to the list of indexable file types
3. Restart SharePoint Foundation Search

When integrated with Windows Desktop Search CHM IFilter uses temporary directory to process CHM files. By default it uses system temporary directory. For Window Desktop Search versions 3.x and higher CHM IFilter must be set to work with user specified temporary directory. To change temporary directory setting:

1. Stop Windows Search service.
2. Open registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IFilterShop\ChmFilter"
3. Add new String value named "TempPath" and enter the full path to the new temporary directory. If this value is missing, empty or the path is not pointing to a valid directory, system temporary directory will be used. Please make sure that "Users" or "Authenticated Users" Group has "Full Control" permissions to the custom temporary directory.
4. Start Windows Search service.

Vista Search, Windows 7 Search:

If you ever have to uninstall CHM IFilter application you can easily do it using any of the following methods:

• Through "Add/Remove Program". Open Control Panel ->Add/Remove Program. Select "IFilterShop CHM IFilter" in currently installed list. Press "Remove" button.
• Through CHM IFilter Uninstall program. Go to the directory there CHM IFilter was installed (C:\Program Files\IFilterShop\ChmFilter by default). Run uninstall.exe program.

CHM files are not searchable in Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Desktop Search

Version 1.3

• Support for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
• Improved integration with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
• Improved integration with Microsoft Windows Desktop Search

Version 1.2

• Support for Windows x64 platform

Version 1.1

• Support for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and WSS 3.0
• Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005