IFilterShop DWF IFilter Server Edition Release 3.1 README

DWF IFilter is a plug-in that allows Microsoft Search products and services to index DWF files, enabling customers to search and organize their content. DWF extracts metadata and content from design documents stored in Autodesk Design Web Format (DWF). DWF IFilter supports WHIP!, DWF 6.x, DWF 7.x and 3D DWF formats. Installation of AutoCAD, Autodesk Design Review (or any CAD program) is not required.

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

DWF IFilter supports the following Microsoft server operating systems:

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

DWF IFilter supports the following Microsoft desktop operating systems:

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

DWF IFilter supports the following Microsoft Search products

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

DWF IFilter indexes text and the following metadata in DWF files:

DWF Metadata	Property Name	Property Type	Description
Author	author	VT_LPWSTR	author of the drawing
Comments	comments	VT_LPWSTR	comments regarding the drawing
Company	company	VT_LPWSTR	company for which the drawing was created
Copyright	copyright	VT_LPWSTR	copyright information
Creation Time	creation_time	VT_FILETIME	creation time of the drawing
Description	description	VT_LPWSTR	description of the drawing
Embedded Filename	embed_filename	VT_LPWSTR	embedded source data file name
Embedded Description	embed_description	VT_LPWSTR	description of the source data
Keywords	keywords	VT_LPWSTR	keywords to facilitate text searches upon the drawing
Modification Time	modification_time	VT_FILETIME	modification time of the drawing
Source Creation Time	source_creation_time	VT_FILETIME	creation time of the source data from which the drawing was created
Source Filename	source_filename	VT_LPWSTR	filename of the source data from which the drawing was created
Source Modification Time	source_modification_time	VT_FILETIME	modification time of the source data from which the drawing was created
Subject	subject	VT_LPWSTR	nature of the drawing such as the discipline or type of drawing
Title	title	VT_LPWSTR	title of the drawing
URL Item	href	VT_LPWSTR	rendition attribute describing the hyperlink to be applied to subsequent geometry

DWF IFilter outputs the following standard Indexing Service properties as duplicates of certain DWF properties.

Property Friendly Name	Property Set GUID	Property Name	Description	DWF Metadata
DocAuthor	{F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9}	4	The document's author	Author
DocComments	{F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9}	6	Comments about the document	Comments
DocCreatedTm	{F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9}	12	Time document was created	Creation Time
DocKeywords	{F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9}	5	Keywords for the document	Keywords
DocLastSavedTm	{F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9}	13	Time document was last saved	Modification Time
DocSubject	{F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9}	3	Subject of the document	Subject
DocTitle	{F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9}	2	Title of the document	Title

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

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

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

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 ".dwf" 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 ".dwf" 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 ".dwf" 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 ".dwf" file type is included

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

1. Stop Windows Search service.
2. Open registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IFilterShop\DwfFilter"
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 DWF 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 DWF IFilter" in currently installed list. Press "Remove" button.
• Through DWF IFilter Uninstall program. Go to the directory there DWF IFilter was installed (C:\Program Files\IFilterShop\DwfFilter by default). Run uninstall.exe program.

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

Version 3.1

• Support for FAST Search Server 2010
• Improved integration with Indexing Service on Windows Server 2008 platform

Version 3.0

• Support for DWF files generated by AutoCAD 2010, Inventor 2010, and other Autodesk design software applications
• Support for DWFx files
• Support for DWF 7.0 format
• Support for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
• Improved integration with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
• Improved integration with Microsoft Windows Desktop Search

Version 2.2

• Support for Windows x64 platform

Version 2.1

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

Version 2.0

• Added support for DWF 6.x and 3D DWF formats
• Property Mappings list extended to include DocCreatedTm and DocLastSavedTm office document properties