Google desktop search plug-in pleeeeeze...

[rodberry]

Hi,

can one of the programmers reading the list cook up a OneNote plug-in for
Google Desktop search?

http://desktop.google.com/developer.html
they'll even send you a t-shirt if you make one.

and you get promoted on their plug-ins page.

I think it's just a matter of using google desktop's sdk to make it
recognize the .one file format. not a big job I suspect, but I'm still
learning how to program "hello world", so it's still a bit advanced for me.

cheers,
rodberry

 

[AspiringGeek]

I read somewhere just this week, I believe it was in one of Woody Leonhard's
Office Watch newsletters that the next version of the Google Desktop engine
will have such a beast built-in. In the meantime, I plug-in *would* be
great, eh?

 

[ginigma]

Here's another vote for a Google Desktop Search plug-in for OneNote.

 

[mtbcpa]

Here's another vote for a Google Desktop Search plug-in for OneNote.










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Does the windows desktop search index onenote files?

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)]

Yes, that's how OneNote Instant Search works.

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-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
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[ginigma]

The main reason why I want to use Google search is because I can have it
search my Web cache/history. It looks like Windows Search can not do that.
The box for the location of the cache files is greyed out so that folder can
not be searched. Otherwise I don't have many issues with Windows search.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)]

Hmmm...well, can't help you there. It could be there's a way to
configure WDS to search the web cache/history but I'm not a WDS expert.
You might ask in one of the newsgroups for your operating system.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q

 

[ginigma]

To answer my own question, and help others:
http://www.trietech.com/gdstools.php

 

[Rainald Taesler]

The main reason why I want to use Google search is because I can
have it search my Web cache/history. It looks like Windows Search
can not do that.

Seriously wrong.
WDS does that pretty fine!

The box for the location of the cache files is
greyed out so that folder can not be searched.

For WDS 3.0 there used to be an Add-on for the search in the IE-history.
It worked pretty fine for me.

IIRC this might meanwhile be built-in in WDS 4.0

If you have not yet done so, install the WDS 4.0 update [1]

Otherwise I don't have many issues with Windows search.

No doubt about that:
WDS 4.0 is a fantastic system.

Do yourself a favour and uninstall Google desktop (there absolute is no
use in having Google desktop besides WDS <!!>) and update to WDS 4.0.
It's fantastic, believe me.

Rainald
[1] Windows Search 4.0 for Windows XP (KB940157)
Brief Description + Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...b3-c916-4298-aba3-5b98904f7cda&DisplayLang=en

 

[Rainald Taesler]

Hmmm...well, can't help you there. It could be there's a way to
configure WDS to search the web cache/history but I'm not a WDS
expert. You might ask in one of the newsgroups for your operating
system.

FWIW:
Alreday for WDS 3.0 there was an Add-on for enabling the search in the
IE history.

AAFAICS it's now built-in in WDS 4.0.

Rainald