Re: search for HTML files

["Wing, Michael J" <mjwing -at- INGR -dot- COM>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy Burns [SMTP:burns -at- SKY -dot- SKY -dot- COM]
> Sent: Monday, July 20, 1998 9:47 AM
> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      search for HTML files
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have recommendations for adding search capabilities to HTML
> files? We deliver HTML, produced by using a conversion tool on
> FrameMaker files. Our documentation is sent out on CD-ROM.
>
> I have tried out a beta version of WebSearch, which can be installed on
> a Web site, but I am not aware of any tools that can currently be used
> with the HTML files alone.
>
> Thanks,
> Kathy Burns
>
One workaround that I've used is the built-in Find dialog for NT/95/98.  The
user can click F3 on the desktop or from Explorer to invoke the Find dialog.
They can then set the directory in the "Look in:" field, the file type
(*.htm) in the "Named:" field, and the search text in the "Containing text:"
field.  Executing a find results in a list of HTML files containing the
search term.

You can also put a button in an HTML file that invokes the Find dialog.  The
following is a way to display the dialog from Internet Explorer:

=====================================================
<P><input type="button" value="Find" name="B1"></P>

<SCRIPT language="vbscript">
  Sub B1_OnClick()
    Dim MyShell
    Set MyShell=CreateObject("Shell.Application")
    MyShell.FindFiles
  End Sub
</SCRIPT>
=====================================================

Mike