IDKSM Search Engine (version 1.3)

  1. What is it?
  2. Installation
  3. Registration
  4. Contact Info.

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1. What is it?

This is the fourth release of the utility.

IDKSM is a full text search engine designed to work with
HTML files and ASCII text files. With this release it is
also possible to essentially index any type of file you
wish. Just create an ASCII text file which represents the
content of the file you wish to index and then index this
text file but tell the Indexer to link to the original file.
This lets you index graphic, video, audio, pdf just about
any kind of file you can think of.

IDKSM consists of an Indexer that process the
HTML files and creates a database. It uses runtime engines
to access this database for doing keyword searches. It does
boolean searches which returns a hit list of files that
contain the words being searched. This hit list consists of
the Title of the HTML document or the title set for the ASCII
file (see Help) and the path+filename of the file in question.

It was originally designed to be used with Java and a standard
web browser. The Java version of the runtime engine is
included in the release. It is a Java 1.0.2 applet that works
with any Java aware browser. A sample Java setup is included
as well.

A Delphi engine is available as a .dcu file and can be used in
any manner you see fit. I have included a sample application
that uses the .dcu along with a precompiled database to see
it in action.

A DLL version is also supplied for use with any language that
can access a DLL.

With this release you will also find CGI version of the
Runtime Engine. A Windows based web server version and a Java
Servlet version are include.

The Delphi version was written to be used with Dave Bear's
THTMLViewer component. I have created several products using
this layout with great success.

The Indexer is shareware but the runtime engines are royalty
free. The shareware version of the Indexer is fully functional
but will only process 10 files. The registered version will
work with as many files as you wish. I have created products
that used 2,000 files with no problems.

See the changes.txt file for what was modified and added to
this release.

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2. Installation

Along with this readme.txt file is the setup.exe file. This
is designed to be run in Windows 95/98/NT. Just run the
setup program and it will step you through the installation.

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3. Registration

The Indexer is shareware and costs a mere $50. This will get
you a valid registration good for all minor upgrades of the
product.

The runtime engines can be used royality free as much as you
need.

To register the Indexer just point your browser to

       http://www.miraclec.com

and go to the software section. Registration details can
be found on the web page.

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4. Contact

For more information contact.

Michael A. Hess
Miracle Concepts, Inc.
RR #1 Box 74
Pittston, PA 18643-9730
Phone: 717-388-2211
  Fax: 717-388-6101
Email: mhess@miraclec.com

or check the web site at

http://www.miraclec.com