DocFetcher is an Open Source desktop search application. It allows you to perform fast searches for all documents in a given set of folders that contain certain keywords. - You can think of it as Google for your local document repository.
Supported Document Formats:
HTML and plain text (both customizable)
Portable Document Format (pdf)
Microsoft Office Word (doc), Excel (xls) and PowerPoint (ppt)
OpenOffice.org Writer, Calc, Draw and Impress
Rich Text Format (rtf)
AbiWord (abw, abw.gz, zabw)
Microsoft Compiled HTML Help (chm)
Microsoft Visio (vsd)
· Detection of HTML pairs (e.g. "foo.htm" and a folder named "foo_files")
· Various file operations on the document repository (e.g. creating folders, inserting new files) can be performed through DocFetcher's interface.
· Customizable text and HTML file extensions (e.g. "nfo", "cpp", "java", "py", "shtml", and so on)
· Regular expression based exclusion of files from indexing
· Automatic index updates on changes to the indexed documents (optional).
· Preview panel with search-term highlighting and a simple built-in web browser
· Search results can be sorted and filtered according to different criteria (filetype, filesize, path, etc.).
· A portable version for both Windows and Linux is available, which, amongst other things, is useful in combination with volume encryption (TrueCrypt).
Requirements:
· Java
What's New in This Release:
Features:
· Portable version: When the indexed documents are inside the program folder, the latter can be moved around freely without breaking file references. Also works on CD-ROMs.
· Global hotkey: Pressing a certain key combination moves DocFetcher to the front.
· DocFetcher can be launched by rightclicking on a folder.
· DocFetcher daemon watches indexed folders for changes when DocFetcher isn't running.
· NSIS installer internationalized.
· Portuguese translation.
· Farsi/Persian translation (GUI only).
· Highlight color in the preview panel can be changed.
· Option on preferences dialog to leave the indexing tabs open even after successful indexing.
· Support for SVG files.
· Support for MS Office 2007.
Bugfixes:
· Very large files weren't fully indexed. Lucene skipped the rest of the file after ~10,000 terms.
· Deleting items on the result panel caused it to jump back to the first page.
· "Open in external browser" button didn't send DocFetcher to the system tray.
· Warning message when the user tries to c...