| Searching .fmb files using xp search [message #202530] |
Fri, 10 November 2006 03:50  |
hbdev
Messages: 1
Registered: November 2006
Location: Ireland
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Hi there,
Does anyone know how to search for a specific string in .FMB files using the Mindows XP search facility?
Thanks in advance.
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| Re: Searching .fmb files using xp search [message #205519 is a reply to message #205516] |
Sat, 25 November 2006 06:29  |
tareq
Messages: 5
Registered: November 2006
Location: amman
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Hello
you can use the JDAPI to open the forms and search for a specific words, also you can change every thing in the form by using that, there is many examples for this issue.
Regards
Tareq Haddadin
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| Re: Searching .fmb files using xp search [message #207969 is a reply to message #202530] |
Thu, 07 December 2006 10:19 |
tessdeveloper
Messages: 17
Registered: August 2006
Location: Ireland
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I was able to alter the xp search to search through the .fmb files.
All you have to do is click start -> search -> for files and folders. Click change preferences, then (if you have the option) click 'with indexing service'. This will ask you if you want to enable indexing service or not. click yes to enable it. Then below this there should be a link to change indexing service settings (advanced) - click this. This will open the indexing service window. right click on system and choose properties. go to the third tab, i.e. generation and click on 'index files with unknown extensions' and apply this.
once you have done this. The xp search should then be able to search for a string through a .fmb file.
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| Re: Searching .fmb files using xp search [message #208098 is a reply to message #207969] |
Fri, 08 December 2006 02:56 |
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Littlefoot
Messages: 21818
Registered: June 2005
Location: Croatia, Europe
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It sounds extraordinary!
But ... there are no results to display (although I chose correct directory and existing string to search). I followed all steps you mentioned, but something isn't right. There is Windows Help available about the Indexing Service which leads you further and further, and I'll read it (some day, unless you figure out what I did wrong).
Funny thing is that textual files (.txt, .pks, .pkb, even .doc) are correctly scanned and search facility finds files that contain string I'm interested in. But .FMB's or .RDF's - nope.
Do you have any idea what might be wrong? Did YOU, actually, get the result? Or was it just a theory?
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| Re: Searching .fmb files using xp search [message #208120 is a reply to message #202530] |
Fri, 08 December 2006 04:50 |
scorpio_biker
Messages: 154
Registered: November 2005
Location: Kent, England
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Hi,
I use Agent Ransack - its freeware. You can specifiy the file name(s) and search string and it will tell you which fmb it's in.
It does show the text, but it can't translate control characters so it looks a bit like gobbledegook. The text shown is just as a big block so you can't tell where the string is, just that it's in the fmb.
I checked it with 10g fmb files.
HTH
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| Re: Searching .fmb files using xp search [message #208569 is a reply to message #208098] |
Mon, 11 December 2006 06:29 |
tessdeveloper
Messages: 17
Registered: August 2006
Location: Ireland
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It wasn't a theory. I did get it to work.
Have a quick check in the more advanced options tab in xp search and check to see if the Oracle Developer Forms suite is listed among the type of files in the dropdown list of all file types. I thinking it should be there though, so I'm not really sure why it is not working for you.
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