IFilterShop PostScript IFilter Server Edition 1.0 README

PostScript IFilter is a plug-in that allows Microsoft Search products and services to index PostScript documents, enabling customers to search and organize their content.

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

PostScript IFilter supports the following Microsoft server operating systems:

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

PostScript 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)

PostScript 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)

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

1. Stop all appropriate Search services.
2. Uninstall any previous version of PostScript IFilter.
3. Start setup file and follow the on-screen instructions.
4. Start all appropriate Search services.
5. Re-index catalogs containing PostScript 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 ".ps" 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 ".ps" 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 ".ps" 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 ".ps" file type is included

When integrated with Windows Desktop Search PostScript IFilter may use temporary directory to process Windows Media files. By default it uses system temporary directory. For Window Desktop Search versions 3.x and later PostScript 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\PostScriptFilter"
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 PostScript 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 PostScript IFilter" in currently installed list. Press "Remove" button.
• Through PostScript IFilter Uninstall program. Go to the directory there PostScript IFilter was installed (C:\Program Files\IFilterShop\PostScriptFilter by default). Run uninstall.exe program.

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