Search Options; Searching Across Multiple Documents; Replacing The Acrobat Search Plug-In - Adobe ACROBAT 7.0.5 SDK Manual

Searching and Indexing
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The Acrobat Search Plug-in

Search Options

Using the Acrobat JavaScript
SearchWordOptions
the scope and search options for your search.
You can set the scope of the search to be one or more of the following:
Document text
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Bookmarks
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Document metadata (XMP)
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Signatures
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DocInfo fields
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Object data
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Attachments
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EXIF data in associated JPEG images
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Matching Criteria
You can also specify whether the search should match:
an exact phrase
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all words without regard to order
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any of the words
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You can also specify whether case and diacritical marks are used or ignored in the search.

Searching across Multiple Documents

Using the Acrobat SDK, you can search any of the following:
the active document
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a specified folder
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a specified index
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all active indices
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Replacing the Acrobat Search Plug-in

The Acrobat Search plug-in provided with Acrobat is a true Acrobat plug-in. You can
remove it from the system by simply removing it from the Plug-ins directory and restarting
Acrobat.
Full-text search developers can create a customsearch plug-in using the Acrobat core API.
This search plug-in can be represented as one or more toolbar buttons or menu items, and
it can use the capabilities provided in the API.
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Search object's properties and using
flags with the Search API methods from a plug-in, you can specify
Acrobat SDK User's Guide