Advantages Of Using Verity; Supported File Types - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61-DEVELOPING COLDFUSION MX Develop Manual

Advantages of using Verity

Verity can index the output from queries so that you or a user can search against the record sets.
Searching query results has a clear advantage over using SQL to search a database directly in speed
of execution because metadata from the record sets are stored in a Verity index that is optimized
for searching.
Performing a Verity search has the following advantages over other search methods:
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You can reduce the programming overhead of query constructs by allowing users to construct
their own queries and execute them directly. You need only be concerned with presenting the
output to the client web browser.
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Verity can index database text fields, such as notes and product descriptions, that cannot be
effectively indexed by native database tools.
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When indexing collections containing documents in formats such as Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
and Microsoft Word, Verity scans for the document title (if one was entered), in addition to
the document text, and displays the title in the search results list.
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When Verity indexes web pages, it can return the URL for each document. This is a valuable
document management feature.

Supported file types

The ColdFusion Verity implementation supports a wide array of file and document types. As a
result, you can index web pages, ColdFusion applications, and many binary document types and
produce search results that include summaries of these documents.
To support multiple WYSIWYG document types, Verity bundles the KeyView Filter Kit. The
KeyView Filter Kit includes document filters that support the indexing and viewing of more than
45 native document formats. Numerous popular document suites and formats are supported,
including Microsoft Office 95, 97, and 2000, Corel WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Microsoft
Excel, Lotus AMI Pro, and Lotus 1-2-3.
The Verity KeyView filters support the following formats:
Word processing/text formats
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Applix Words (v4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.41)
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ASCII Text (All versions)
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ANSI Text (All versions)
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Folio Flat File (v3.1)
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HTML (Verity Zone Filter)
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Lotus AmiPro (v2.3)
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Lotus Ami Professional Write Plus (All versions)
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Lotus Word Pro (v96, 97, R9)
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Maker Interchange Format (MIF) v5.5
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Microsoft RTF (All versions)
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Microsoft Word (v2, 6, 95, 97, 2000)
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Microsoft Word Mac (v4, 5, 6, 98)
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Microsoft Word PC (v4.,5, 6)
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