Editing the index_o.ix file directly can be useful if you want to transfer a list of items from one index to another. If you just want to add a list of items to an index, the 'Paste List' approach described above will generally be easier because dtSearch will format the data as XML for you. As long as you are careful to preserve the XML format of the data, you can edit this file directly in notepad. *.MP3 *.SWF *.PSP *.BMP *.CHI *.CHM *.COM *.DLL *.EXE *.GIF *.HLP *.IVI *.IVT *.IX *.JPEG *.JPG *.MSI *.NLS *.OBJ *.OCX *.PST *.RMI *.SYS *.TIF *.TMP *.TTF *.VBX *.WAV *.WPG DRVSPACE.*įor each item included in the index, there is an entry in the index_o.ix file that specifies the location of the item, crawl depth, whether to include subfolders (the 'Recursive' field), etc. This is an example of what this file looks like: Directly Edit the Index SettingsĭtSearch Desktop stores index settings in an XML file named index_o.ix in the index folder. The list of items from your notepad file will be added to the list. (5) Right-click in the What to index box and select the Paste list option from the menu. (4) Select the index that you want to add the list to (3) Click Index > Update Index in dtSearch. (2) Once you have completed the list, click Edit > Select All to select the entire list, and then Edit > Copy to copy it to the clipboard.

Web sites: Enter the complete URL to the site, including the and include a number inside marks after the URL indicating the crawl depth. The items have to be in the same format that dtSearch displays in the What to index list.įiles: Include the full path and filename for each file.įolders: Include after the name of a folder to automatically include subfolders. (1) Open notepad or another text editor and make a list of the items that you want to add. Paste a list of items into the ' What to index' list. This article will describe two ways to add a large number of items quickly. If you have a long list of items to add to an index, this process can be time consuming.

In the dtSearch Update Index dialog box, you can add folders, files, or web sites to the list of items to be indexed by using the Add folder, Add file, and Add web buttons.

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