See EZ Notes Search at IBM Connect 2013

If you are attending IBM Connect 2013 (Lotusphere), please stop by our pedestal in the Solutions Showcase (JPG Consulting, Inc - #C38). 

We will be demonstrating EZ Notes Search:

• Mail, Archives and Applications - users can quickly search their IBM Notes mail, mail archives and other application databases using Microsoft Windows Search
• Designer - developers and admins can quickly search their IBM XPages (and legacy) ntf files using Microsoft Windows Search

See you soon!

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IBM Connect 2013 is just around the corner

IBM Connect 2013 is just around the corner!   The conference will be held in Orlando, FL from January 27-31, 2013.  You can register to attend on IBM's site. 

We will be demonstrating our products again this year (our sixth year) in the exhibition hall.  This year our pedestal is very close to the escalators (C38). 

Please stop by to see our desktop search products for:

• IBM Notes (mail, archives, attachments, databases, and design elements)
• IBM Connections

In addition we will be demonstrating our archiving solutions for IBM Domino databases/applications including IBM Quickr.

If you can't attend IBM Connect 2013, you can still see our search products in action here.  All our products are available on http://www.notesconnectors.com.  Please contact us if you would like to have a personalized demonstration of any of our products via a web session.

Searching IBM Connections via Windows Desktop

With EZ Notes Search V2.3 users can search IBM Connections easily from their Microsoft Windows 7 desktop (in addition to their IBM Lotus Notes mail and archive files.)  Users can specify which area(s) of Connections they would like to search:

• All of Connections
• Activities
• Blogs
• Bookmarks
• Communities
• Files
• Forums
• Personal Information
• Profiles
• Stand-alone content
• Status Updates
• Wikis

and can also search more than one Connections server (for example a public server like Lotus Greenhouse and their corporate server).

To start a search, click on the IBM Connections area that you want to search in Windows Explorer (you may be prompted to login to IBM Connections) and enter your query.  In the example below we have a search of the IBM Connections Files for the term: "application archiver for lotus domino" which is in the contents of a file on the Connections server:

Double clicking on the search result will open the found item.

The search query is sent to the Connections server which will query its index of content items and attachment contents.  The search results are returned to the user and displayed in Windows Explorer.

The configuration step is very simple and only needs to be done once:

a. Open the EZNConnector application
b. Select File->New Search Connector... and the following dialog appears:

c. Select the type of Connector and add the server information (here we have added https://greenhouse.lotus.com)
d. You can also change the name of the connector and have the connector automatically added to your Explorer favorites.
d. Select OK and connector is created.

Users can create a connector for each of the areas they are interested in searching.  The IBM Connections server must have basic authentication enabled in order to search the IBM Connections server.

There is a free trial version of EZ Notes Search V2.3 available on http://www.notesconnectors.com

Searching IBM Connections

We are pleased to announce that we have added support for IBM® Connections to our EZ Notes Search product.  EZ Notes Search V2.3 has these new capabilities:

• Users can now quickly search their files, mail, archives, attachments and Connections using a single interface
• Mail and archived mail messages now display the To and CC fields in the search results preview window

There is a free trial version available.  This is a client only install.  No additional software or changes need to made on the Connections or Domino servers making it very easy to use this product.   

This functionality complements the IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows which does not offer this search capability.  The IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows are not required to be installed to use the EZ Notes Search capabilities.

Please visit our site where you can download a free trial or purchase licenses: http://www.notesconnectors.com/search-software/

Searching the contents of PDF files on 64-bit Microsoft Windows

Microsoft® Windows® Search uses a component called an iFilter to extract text from files when indexing.  There are iFilters for many file formats available.

In order to use Microsoft Windows Search to search PDF files, you need to have an iFilter for the PDF file format installed on your system.  Adobe® Reader includes an iFilter for 32 bit Microsoft Windows platforms.  For 64-bit systems, you need to install Adobe PDF iFilter which is available here:  http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025.

Once the iFilter is installed, Windows Search will index the contents of any PDFs found on your hard drive and allow you to search for text found inside of the PDF.  If you also have installed EZ Notes Search from notesconnectors.com you will also be able to search for text found inside of any PDF attachments in your IBM® Lotus® Notes® local mail or archive files.





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Domino Designer Search vs. EZ Notes Search: Designer

What's the main difference to the user? Time!

EZ Notes Search can search one or more templates (and all their design elements) as fast as you can type since it relies on the Microsoft Windows search engine. 

Domino Designer Search scans each design element you want to search after you specify which ones you want to search.  If you start the search again, it will rescan each item again.  To speed things up, the user has to spend time deciding how to restrict what will get scanned.

To illustrate the difference we did a test on a Microsoft Windows 7 Hyper-V instance with IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8.5.  Our test template was the Mail85.ntf. We searched for "NamePreference".  Here is the dialog which appears while the search is ongoing:

the search took 85 seconds to complete.  We then searched for "LanguagePreference" and that took 85 seconds to complete as well. (Your performance may vary).

EZ Notes Search: Designer took less than 1 second to perform the search. 

If you want to search more than one template, the times are additive for Domino Designer Search.  So if you have two copies of mail85.ntf and want to search both at once, it would take roughly twice that amount of time.  EZ Notes Search would still take on the order of a 1 second to do the search.

So if you want to quickly find something, please try EZ Notes Search: Designer: http://www.notesconnectors.com/ez-notes-search-designer-30-day-free-trial/

Fast design element navigation in Domino Designer

We are pleased to announce a new product which enables developers to quickly navigate IBM Lotus Notes and Domino template design elements (including, but not limited to, LotusScript, Java, Notes Formula Language and XPages).

The new product, called "EZ Notes Search: Designer", is available now.  There is also a trial version available.

With this tool, developers can index the design elements in one or more templates (or databases) and search them all at once using Microsoft Windows search.  This provides a fast and powerful new way to navigate from one design element to another when using IBM Lotus Domino Designer.  In addition, the developer can preview the content of a design element using the Microsoft Search preview window where a text based rendering of the design element code and properties will be displayed (without the use of IBM Lotus Domino Designer).

The index is continually updated in the background as the developer adds, modifies or deletes design elements.

To use, the developer selects the "Windows Start" button, and starts typing some design element's name or text found within the design element's code and results will instantly be displayed as the user is typing.  The user can then click on one of the search results and that design element's editing window in Domino Designer will be displayed.  

When the search results are displayed, the user can also select the "See more results" button and the Windows Search results window will be displayed.  From this window, the developer can preview individual design elements or see more meta data about the design element (Author, Modification Date, Element type, Location).

System requirements: IBM Lotus Notes (versions 7.0 to 8.5.3).  Microsoft Windows 7 (64 bit).
Optional: IBM Lotus Domino Designer (version 8.5 or later).


Visit http://www.notesconnectors.com for more information about our Search and Archiving products.