Search engines for networks?

----- Original Message ----- From: "Cini, Richard" <RCini(a)congressfinancial.com> To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 3:10 PM Subject: RE: Search engines for networks? right. There is a nice little program call whereisit that does the following: PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS ================== Suitable for beginners and advanced users ----------------------------------------- Very adjustable program with many options for power users, as well as easy to use with default settings and Quick-Setup Wizard for all those who don't want to get their hands dirty. Explorer-like interface ----------------------- Easy to use, familiar Explorer-like user interface with adjustable toolbar, columns to choose between, and extensive use of object menus (right mouse click). Full multi-language support is included for international users. Wide media and file system support ---------------------------------- Where is it? supports any media type Windows can use, including diskettes, CD-ROMs, removable disks like iomega Zip and Jaz, hard disks, network drives etc. It will recognize by name and collect useful data for most of them, too. Also, it is compatible with all Windows-supported file systems, including FAT, FAT32, and NTFS. Manageable catalog files ------------------------ Logical organization of databases, based on one or more catalogs. Each catalog can easily be transferred as a single file to another computer, a friend, a public forum... Small catalog-file size with optional compression, with approximate usage of 1 MB for 40.000 files and folders (that's about 6 fully filed CD-ROMs). Internal database structure optimized for very efficient access and small total size. Single-file, transferable catalog storage makes sharing your data easy. Fast access to item's properties -------------------------------- Fast and easy access to every item's detailed properties, from wherever you are. Want to get item's description? Just leave mouse pointer on it for a moment, description will popup as a tool-tip!. Detailed info with descriptions ------------------------------- Detailed info on every object in the database (files, folders, disks, catalogs...) each capable of accepting up to 32 KB characters of description text, and a thumbnail image. Each file, folder, or disk can have assigned one or more user-defined, tree-ordered categories, up to 128 user flags, custom- defined icon... Disks in catalogs can be grouped into disk groups, forming a hierarchicaly organized, easy to browse and find collection. Auto-importing descriptions and thumbnails ------------------------------------------ WhereIsIt offers a plugin system for importing descriptions and thumbnails during media scan, allowing you to develop your own description plugins and extend WhereIsIt's description importing capabilities. Included with the program is a comprehensive collection of plugins, covering all widely used description file formats, such as 4DOS/NDOS, FILE_ID.DIZ, FILES.BBS, 00INDEX.TXT... description files, and importing details about audio CDs, WAV and MP3 audio files, Office documents, EXE files and system libraries, fonts, HTML files, Adobe Acrobat PDF files, most graphic files etc. Also included are thumbnail plugins, importing small, downsized images from most graphic files in use today. Internal support for many compressed file formats ------------------------------------------------- Handling of most compressed file formats on media scan, including ZIP, ARJ, RAR, CAB, LHA/LZH, TAR, ARC, ACE, ZOO, GZ, SFX... Compressed archive files can be presented as folders, showing their content. Archive files can be extracted right out from WhereIsIt? to any folder, and a file compressed inside archive file can be viewed or launched with associated program with one click! Powerful searching finds what you need -------------------------------------- Powerful multi-threaded searching, with detailed settings on what to search for, where to search and how to search. Use either Quick Search to quickly find your items by name or description, or start up the Advanced Search with Search Expression Editor, allowing you to write complex search queries using full set of available search criteria and Boolean logic operators. Searching for duplicate items is there, too, as well as analyzing how data has changed since last cataloging, or checking if older or newer versions of files are present somewhere in the catalog. Report generator with print preview for summarizing your catalogs ----------------------------------------------------------------- Adjustable and powerful report generator adds a final professional touch to your catalog collection. Export your data to ASCII file, Excel table, rich- text document, HTML document, print on your printer, or send by fax using the Microsoft Fax, after previewing it on full-screen, with adjustable zoom. Script language for automated tasks ----------------------------------- Professional version of WhereIsIt includes internal script language that can help you automate tasks like unattended catalog updates. ... and many, many more! If you have an idea on your own how to further improve this program, feel free to send in your suggestions at "support(a)whereisit-soft.com".com". It sounds like you want to catalog files you already have archived and want to know what they are and where to find them, this should work for that. Since the locations probably will not change allot its quite a bit faster to search a database then have windows scan your complete network every time you want to find one file.