Long awaited 64-bit PDF IFilter finally available.
Finally we have a 64 bit PDF IFilter - surprisingly the solution is not from Adobe or Microsoft, but from a company called Foxit Software.The IFilter is compatiable with the following Microsoft products: Windows Indexing Service, MSN Desktop Search, Internet Information Server, SharePoint Portal Server, Windows SharePoint Services (WSS), Site Server, Exchange Server, SQL Server and all other products based on Microsoft Search technology.
There's one simple workaround to get the filter running on 64 bit MOSS 2007. The steps are given below.
1. Install Foxit 64bit PDF Ifilter. http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/ifilter/
2. Add a pdf extension in MOSS search settings
3. Open regedit, locate [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\.pdf]
4. Change the default value to {987f8d1a-26e6-4554-b007-6b20e2680632} .
5. Recycle the search service: net stop osearch
net start osearch
6. Start a full crawl to index your pdf documents :)
Comments
Anonymous
May 09, 2007
Piano piano, ma le cose arrivano, no ? Citando la fonte : Finally we have a 64 bit PDF IFilter - surprisinglyAnonymous
May 09, 2007
In three ways this ifilter is better than adobe's.
- It supports multi-threading, which can lead to a better performance. [it's said our sql team worked with them and tested it]
- It supports x64, and IA64 version is in testing, although there is no ia64 moss.
- It's not adobe!
Anonymous
May 10, 2007
Is the above install/workaround procedure the same for WSS 3.0 as for MOSS 2007?? Thank you, TomAnonymous
May 10, 2007
Tom, although I haven't tried it myself, I believe the foxit ifilter works with WSS 3.0 as is, without any modifications.Let us know if you find any discrepencies:)Anonymous
May 14, 2007
I read on the iFilter Central blog that a new 64-bit PDF iFilter is now available ( http://blogs.msdn.com/ifilter/archive/2007/05/10/long-awaited-64-bit-pdf-ifilter-finally-available.aspxAnonymous
May 18, 2007
If you are planning to deploy MOSS on 64 bit hardware, you need to check out this blog. </steve>Anonymous
May 21, 2007
We tried it in our organization and didn't have any luck. For one, the osearch service doesn't exist. The registry keys didn't exist either.Anonymous
May 23, 2007
Kyle, have you tried contacting FOXIT with the problem? They claimed it was compatiable with WSS. I'll debug the issue and post an update soon.Anonymous
June 04, 2007
Kyle, the problem is most likely that you're trying to install it on the wrong server. In a medium-to-large farm environnment, you need to install the iFilter on your app server and your database server(s) (though the latter does not have the osearch service, it's still necessary for indexing). Also, the manual registry change is no longer necessary for Foxit's latest release of the filter. Cheers, PeterAnonymous
June 19, 2007
Any chance of indicating what exactly will be in the "filter pack", and when in June/July you expect to release it? Any chance of posting a beta version of this pack for testing? A single installable package (even better if it were in Windows Update) will help us eliminate code that does registry checks on persistenthandler keys, etc, or code that depends on the google desktop search API (which we would desperately love to get rid of).Anonymous
June 26, 2007
The release timeline for filter pack was pushed back to august. It's going to be a single Msi that'll register all the available filters for WDS/ Indexing service. We might have a Beta, but it's still TBD.Anonymous
June 27, 2007
Thank you for your response Deb. Such a filter pack will be really useful, and we are looking forward to its release in August. How will you handle an x64 install where most ifilters to be installed are x64 but some are x86 only? In other words, on x64 will the x86 only ifilters install for use as 32 bit ifilters?Anonymous
July 16, 2007
Larmen, we'll be dropping x64 only filters for x64 OS and x86 only filters for x86 OS. The senario of installing 32 bit MOSS on 64 bit OS is not officially supported. Thanks, Deb.Anonymous
July 17, 2007
If you use full text and wat to index pdf documents you might have found you run into problems on a 64Anonymous
August 06, 2007
The iFilter team has made us aware that the long awaited 64-bit PDF IFilter is finally available. Here’s the installation instructions from the team: Install Foxit 64bit PDF Ifilter [download 64bit PDF iFilter from here] Add a pdf extension in ..Anonymous
August 11, 2007
If you use full text and wat to index pdf documents you might have found you run into problems on a 64Anonymous
September 07, 2007
If you are using any of the Microsoft Search tools like MOSS 2007, Desktop Search, Vista Search, SQLAnonymous
September 07, 2007
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September 10, 2007
Am I missing something or does nobody notice that this iFilter costs $329.99 per CPU? How is this better than Adobe?Anonymous
September 12, 2007
Deb, You said the x64 pack would be available Aug, any idea how long it's slipped, or is it now available in one form or another. Cheers AshleighAnonymous
September 19, 2007
Body: Introduction By default the SharePoint 2007 Search indexed only the meta data of a PDF documentAnonymous
September 20, 2007
Kale, it does not cost $329.99 per CPU. That is the server cost that covers up to 2 CPU.Anonymous
November 21, 2007
Is this Foxit helpful for searching the content in PDF files?Anonymous
January 08, 2008
quote from Peter Brunone: "you need to install the iFilter on your app server and your database server(s) (though the latter does not have the osearch service, it's still necessary for indexing)." I apologize for if this is question has already been answered, but it this a necessary step for the Foxit iFilter for PDF files? We have it installed on our app server, but not on our database server (these are separate machines). I seem to remember the Foxit install docs saying only to install on the app server. Thanks very much! Regards, KevinAnonymous
January 08, 2008
Kevin, if you're just looking to index files with sharepoint search, installing it on the App server is sufficient. The only scenario you'd want to install the FOXIT filter on the database server is if you want to index pdf files through SQL full text search. regards, Deb.Anonymous
January 23, 2008
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February 05, 2008
Following are some of the moss 2007 links which are really helpful to every one. http://www.microsoftAnonymous
September 03, 2008
Does the foxit x64 filters has file size limit??Anonymous
September 23, 2008
I couldn't get the Adobe filter to work but then I read about Foxit IFilter and installed it on Windows Server 2008 x64 running MOSS 2007 x64 and it works great. I haven't been able to get the PDF icon to show yet but I am working on that.Anonymous
October 17, 2008
I'm with Kyle, even at $329.99 for up to two CPUs, whoopy-do, it's still not better than $0Anonymous
November 11, 2008
This is the first PDF IFilter which does really work in our environment on Windows Server 2008 x64. Thanks!Anonymous
November 16, 2008
Ce genre de post existe déja mais je préfère en faire un pour le retrouver plus aisément quand le besoinAnonymous
December 09, 2008
Adobe has finally released their free 64-bit PDF iFilter for MOSS. If you do not know what this is for;Anonymous
May 23, 2009
Having 2-3 iFilters options in market calls for need to evaluate them. Here this blogger has evaluated following 64 bit PDF IFilters. Adobe PDF iFilter 9 for 64-bit platforms Foxit PDF IFilter PDFlib TET PDF IFilter http://codeforfuture.com/2009/05/22/finding-best-sharepoint-pdf-ifilter-64-bit/Anonymous
July 01, 2009
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August 11, 2010
What I know is that Foxit had release PDF IFilter 2.0 and the performance is very well. I like Foxit PDF IFilter.